Abstract: This article suggest to examine the oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” by G. F. Handel from the perspective of the tradition and realization of attributes of the genre in Western European art. The object of this research is the oratory works of G. F. Handel, while the subject is the determination of the system of music elements that comprise a musical act in the genre under consideration on the example of the oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus”. The goal of this study lies in the analysis of realization of the expressive and visual approaches of composer’s writing, traits of the characters, demonstration of the peculiarities of musical dramaturgy of the oratorio. Handel’s oratorios is the phenomenon that genetically relates to the various phenomena of art and philosophy; therefore, the author applies the comprehensive method of research, combining the historical and theoretical approaches towards the studying of the semantics of plot, space-time processes. Genre priorities, interaction of the collective and individual beginnings. The scientific novelty lies in the analysis of compositional-dramaturgical peculiarities of the oratory “Judas Maccabaeus”, musical and expressive means, as well as description of manifestation of the nation’s identity. The presented materials can be valuable for further examination of the Baroque music and performance technique.

Abstract: This article identifies characteristic features of choral music in relation to poetry. The purpose of this article is to review the specifics of the synthetic vocal-poetic form, identifying the constants of the relationship of the word with the musical material, in the analysis of the semantic presence of the text in a musical context and their influence on the content of the musical opus.The subject of research is the specific construction and organization of choral music. The study is based on the method of comparative analysis of musical and poetic rhythm. The author analyzes general mechanisms of synthesis of music and poetry in the choral works. Based on the poem by Mikhail Lermontov "In the Northern Wilderness", the author analyzes peculiarities of the rhythmic techniques of the embodiment of the poetic text, the figurative significance of the formulas emerging in the context of expressive means in the choirs by S. I. Taneev, S. V. Rachmaninoff, and N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. The research methodology involves structural and rhythmic analysis of the musical text in which the poetic text is analyzed from the point of view of differentiating the meaning and role of music. The author analyzes the concept of "means of expression" and "music form" and proves the thesis that the dialectical relationship of word and music at the compositional level defines a holistic artistic image of choral music. The findings of the research can be used as practical recommendations on the content of the work in part poetic and musical analysis of choral works.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the education of professional musical ear for intonation and style based on the solfege classes. The subject of study is stylistic education hearing as the ability to perceive musical style on the basis of the manifestations of his signs, assessment of compliance with the stylistic elements and understand the content of a musical work in the style context. Music represents a hierarchical system comprising many components, acts at different levels of aggregation, characterized by the multidimensional nature of its existence and can be known through the study of its determinants-determinants of specific historical manifestations, persisted in his categorical system.Methodological basis are the works in the field of theoretical musicology B. V. Asafyev, V. N. Kholopova, V. E. Nazaikinskii, M. K. Mikhailov, in the study of musical-auditory perception and methods of teaching solfeggio – work L. A. Ostrovsky, L. Maslenkova, Z. I. Glideskina, Z. Lissa.The author gives a list of aspects of auditory perception necessary for the formation of stylistic relationship to the musical material, based on the study of historical, national and author's styles. The proposed methods are intonation and stylistic comprehension of music are supposed to provide the concept of different layers of musical culture, revealing the traditions and innovation of composers, compositions, forms, methods and the formation of a holistic perception of the whole musical tissue that contributes to the enrichment intonation and auditory experience of the musician.