Abstract: The article is devoted to musical works on the theme of the seasons, created in the late XX – early XXI century on the basis of already existing well-known masterpieces on this eternal theme. The purpose of the study is to analyze the writings of previous years in comparison with new, updated works on the theme of the seasons. The subject of the study is the musical and stylistic features of the interaction of the original source and the new composition. The object of the research is the compositions on the theme of the seasons by modern composers, written on the basis of masterpieces of past eras: A. Raskatova «The Seasons. Digest», M. Bronner's «The Seasons. A wreath to Tchaikovsky», M. Richter «The seasons. Recomposed», transcription of A. Piazzolla's tango cycle «The Seasons in Buenos Aires», created by L. Desyatnikov, ballet «The Seasons» by V. Martynov, which traces the technique of stylization and quoting. The study used a comparative analytical, historical and theoretical methods. The main conclusions of the study are: the appeal to musical masterpieces of past eras in the context of postmodernism is not a rare phenomenon. Composers recreate ancient genres, music-making practices. A musical masterpiece preserves the enduring values inherent in its idea. He becomes a kind of standard for creating new, relevant works for his time. In this context, the eternal theme of the seasons harmoniously fit into the new cultural paradigm of the late XX – early XXI century. The immortal masterpieces of A. Vivaldi, P. Tchaikovsky, A. Piazzolla have received a new life in the conditions of modern composing and performing arts. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that some of these works are analyzed for the first time in the context of a dialogue between different centuries.

Keywords: musical reflection, musical masterpiece, postmodernism, stylization, transcription, recomposition, reinterpretation, The seasons, eternal theme, dialogue of the epochs

Abstract: This study is based on a detailed analysis of the opera March of the Army and the People, composed by the prominent Chinese composer Xian Xinghai (1900–1945), which serves as an important example of the synthesis of Chinese and Western musical traditions. Written in 1938, the opera marked the composer’s first attempt to integrate elements of Chinese national art into the Western operatic form. The study examines the unique features of the opera’s musical language, structure, and stylistic content, which reflect the cultural and political realities of China at that time. It also explores the influence of this opera on the development of Chinese national operatic art. The research employs a comprehensive approach, including historical and cultural analysis, structural music analysis, orchestration, as well as contextual analysis of the libretto and accompaniment. Special attention is given to the techniques of incorporating Chinese melodic structures and their adaptation within a polyphonic texture. Key elements analyzed include the use of pentatonic scales and the interaction of timbres between Chinese and Western musical instruments. The scientific novelty of this study lies in the analysis of the opera March of the Army and the People, which holds groundbreaking significance in the history of Chinese music. The article highlights how Xian Xinghai innovatively combined Western compositional techniques with elements of Chinese folk music, paving the way for the creation of a new type of national opera in 20th-century China. The findings demonstrate how this work reflects a cross-cultural process, where elements of Eastern and Western musical traditions are harmoniously integrated. Additionally, the study offers a new perspective on the transformation of Chinese opera in the 20th century, providing valuable material for interpreting and studying Chinese musical culture in Russian and international academic contexts.

Keywords: harmony, XX century, melody, national uniform, traditional culture, New National Opera, hike, opera, Chinese music, Xian Xinghai

Abstract: The relevance of the proposed research lies in the process of formation, development and specification of concertmaster schools in different countries, which has not yet been disclosed in Russian and foreign musicology. In the proposed article, the author refers to the initial stage of crystallization of German-Austrian concertmaster art. The object of research is the concertmaster school in Germany and Austria. The subject of the research is the practical forms of the existence of keyboard accompaniment ad libitum and General Bass. The objectives of the research are to reveal the specifics of keyboard accompaniment ad libitum and General Bache in connection with the formation of German-Austrian concertmaster art; to analyze the manuscripts of master clavists available in open sources who specifically studied this type of performance; to introduce new information from German-language treatises, tablatures and archival sources about the creative and pedagogical activities of keyboard players into Russian musicology. The main research methods were: anthropological, historical-archival, comparative-analytical, a set of methods of performing analysis in their interaction according to the objectives of the study. For the first time in Russian musicology, a number of names of German and Austrian musicians who made a significant contribution to the development of concertmaster art at the initial stage of its formation are being introduced into scientific circulation. The author has found and analyzed a number of treatises and tablatures that reveal the specifics of keyboard accompaniment ad libitum and General Bass. It is proved that ad libitum accompaniment, which is based on an improvisational character, imposed a number of additional "conditions" on the keyboard player for its successful implementation: such a musician had to be able to skillfully build a polyphonic texture in the process of making music together, master the means of dynamics, depending on which voices and/or instruments he was playing music with; be able to transpose and read fluently from a sheet. The specifics of General-Bass accompaniment and its differences from basso continuo and basso numerato are determined. The conclusions of the study make it possible to better understand the essence, content and national characteristics of the German-Austrian concertmaster school, the foundation of which was laid in the XV-XVII centuries.

Keywords: ablature, treatise, performance, music pedagogy, Austria, ad libitum, Germany, General-Baß, concertmaster, school