Open AccessThe Marriage of Balzaminov by A. Ostrovsky: Musical Reading
Author(s) -
Natalia Bragina,
Glinka Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatoire
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hudožestvennaâ kulʹtura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2226-0072
DOI - 10.51678/2226-0072-2021-1-180-199
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , dream , musical , literature , composition (language) , musical form , reading (process) , linguistics , dramaturgy , motif (music) , auditory imagery , musical analysis , art , psychology , philosophy , aesthetics , computer science , mental image , cognition , neuroscience , operating system
In the article the dramatic composition of A. Ostrovsky’s comedy Holiday Dream Before Dinner is investigated with the method used in the analysis of musical texts. The general structure of the work is defined as an analog of the monothematic sonata form. The basis of monothema- tism is the theme of dream. The dream is the thematic core of the play. It absorbs all the motives and images that are consistently revealed in the play. So, the first theme is the image of Balzaminov as a dreamer, and the second theme is the embodiment of Balzaminov’s dream in the image of the Nichkin’s rich house. The interaction of these themes goes along the line of their convergence up to full identification. In addition to the analysis of general structure of the text, the article traces the entire motivic dramaturgy, which emphasizes the features of a musical composition. Thematic arches between sections of the text, the intonation structure of the characters’ speech, acoustic effects giving the text a resemblance to an orches- tral composition are revealed. The analysis of the play leads the author to the conclusion about the universality of musical forms.