Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Music and Plastic Characteristics of the Comic Characters in the Works of Maurice Ravel

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Music and Plastic Characteristics of the Comic Characters in the Works of Maurice Ravel

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (1)
Authors: Bass, Valentina V.
Contact information: Bass, Valentina V.:Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Music and Theatre 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049 Russia;E-mail:
Keywords: character in music; motor-plastic intonation; dance prototype; redefining the semantics of the primary genre; deformation of the metric structure of the dance
Abstract: This article examines the specifics of embodiment of comic images in the subject area of musicaltheatrical and vocal works of Maurice Ravel. The most important means of the comic characterization becomes a certain dance genre. The composer uses a wide range of dance prototypes different in historical, ethnic or social origin. Through special artistic techniques Ravel transforms the genre model revealing properties of motor plasticity of each character determined by their nature, temperament, scenic situation. Among these techniques there are different ways of deformation of the metric structure of the dance, the effects of unexpected solutions and paradoxical combination of the “incompatible” implemented both at the image-semantic and structural levels
Pages: 30-42
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10178