Open AccessShostakovich’s Music as an Object for Hermeneutics
Author(s) -
Левон Акопян,
Levon Akopyan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo fonda fundamentalʹnyh issledovanij. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki/vestnik rffi. gumanitarnye i obŝestvennye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-8956
pISSN - 2587-6090
DOI - 10.22204/2587-8956-2019-094-01-129-143
Subject(s) - hermeneutics , object (grammar) , symphony , literature , value (mathematics) , philosophy , musical , favourite , epistemology , art , computer science , linguistics , theology , machine learning
The article considers different models of musical hermeneutics; their productivity is assessed with respect to the music of Shostakovich, the very nature of which makes it a favourite object of hermeneutical interpretations. A comparative analysis of various essays in finding out hidden meanings in Shostakovich’s works allows us to draw some conclusions regarding the scholarly and informative value of different approaches to the hermeneutics of Shostakovich’s oeuvre and to the hermeneutics of music in general. A special attention is paid to the decryption of enigmatic associations in two works by Shostakovich, the Tenth Symphony and the Viola Sonata.