№ 4 (94) 2021

Iulia Moskva (Doctor habilitatus in Arts studies, Professor, Moscow Conservatory). Knigi dlya pevchikh v sisteme latinskikh liturgicheskikh knig / Chant Books in the system of Latin liturgical Books (pp. 1–9)

The article presents an experience of systematizing of Latin liturgical books from a historical perspective, which is very relevant for scholarly development of a huge manuscript heritage, including musical one. The construction of different classifications corresponding to certain historical periods is associated with the definition of a special place in them for musical liturgical books.

Keywords: Latin liturgical books; Antiphoner; Gradual; Kyrial; Hymnal; Sequentiary; singing Psalter; Troper; Cantatorium; Processional; Missal; Breviary; Lectionary; Collectar.

 

Elena Kruglova (PhD, Professor, Ippolitov-Ivanov State Musical Pedagogical Institute, Moscow). Proizvol’naya ornamentika pevitsy 18 veka Izabelly Zhirardo i sovremennoe ispolnitel’stvo / Free ornamentation of the 18th century singer Isabella Girardeau and contemporary performing practice (pp. 10–17)

The article a comparative analysis of free ornaments used in Laschia ch’io pianga aria from Handel’s “Rinaldo” by the famous singer of the XVIII century Isabella Girardeau and modern performers, such as Derek Lee Ragin, Eva Mallas-Godlewska, Renée Fleming and Cecilia Bartoli. As a result, the author of the article comes to the conclusion about a more flexible use of free decorations in the Baroque era: melismatic figuration and passage technique, diminishing techniques, varying melody and rhythmic pattern, which significantly increase the expressiveness of keywords.

Keywords: Isabella Girardeau; Handel; Baroque era; opera; aria; ornamentation; improvisation; authentic performance.

 

Anna Bulycheva (PhD, Associate professor, Moscow Conservatory) “Prelozhenie proportsij” v kontserte Leontiya-monakha “Okom blagoutrobnym” v svete barochnoj teorii takta / Shifting of meters in Leonty the Monk’s vocal concerto With Merciful Eyes in view of Baroque measure theory (pp. 18–22)

The article is devoted to the twelve-part concerto by Leontius the monk With Merciful Eyes, composed in the first third of the 18thcentury. The concert contains four refrain presented in different rhythmic “proportions”: 3/1, 3/2, 3/4 and once more 3/1. The refrain alternates with episodes in duple metre. The problem of how all the episodes should relate to each other in terms of tempo is considered on the basis of information from three treatises of the Baroque era, which present three different points of view.

Keywords: Russian baroque; partes concerto; Kiev school; Nicolaus Dylecki; Michael Praetorius; mesure in music.

 

Natalia Plotnikova (Doctor habilitatus in Arts studies, Professor, Moscow Conservatory and State Institute for Art Studies, Moscow). Blagodarstvennye sluzhby v chest’ voennykh pobed Petra Pervogo: iz naslediya gosugarevykh pevchikh d’yakov. “Kamenem rossijskim sokrushivyj zamok svejskij”: pesnopeniya za vzyatie Shlissel’burga / Thanksgiving Services in Honour of the Military Victories of Peter the Great: from the Heritage of the Sovereign’s Singing Clerks (d’yaki). Crushing the Swedish Castle with the Russian Stone’: chants for the capture of Schlüsselburg (pp. 23–29). Music Supplement (pp. 30–31)

The article introduces into scholarly use the chants of the Service of Thanksgiving dedicated to the capture of the Swedish fortress Nöteborg/Noteburg by Russian troops during the Northern War on October 11, 1702 (immediately thereafter the fortress was renamed Schlüsselburg/Shlisselburg). The author examines the handwritten sources of the Service – the singing books of the church singers (singing clerks, d’yaki) of the time of Peter the Great, the texts used in the Service, the chants’ harmony and texture. Issues related to the authorship of words and music are discussed. The Appendix contains the first publications of the first Stichera and Kontakion from the Service.

Keywords: the capture of Schlüsselburg; the era of Peter the Great; the Sovereign’s singing clerks; thanksgiving service.