
	Scientific notes of the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music Reference: Ganzburg G.I. «Signature» leitmotif in the music of Bach, Schumann and Rakhmaninov // Scientific notes of the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music. 2015. № 1. P. 42-50. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=66508 Ganzburg G.I. «Signature» leitmotif in the music of Bach, Schumann and Rakhmaninov Abstract: The author analyses excerpts from Hoch Messe by J.S. Bach, R. Schumann’s «Carnival» and S. Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 pointing to the factors that shape the composer’s image for musicians, musicologists and general public. Anagrams BACH and SCHA serve as composers’ leitmotifs for J.S. Bach and Robert Schumann. Rachmaninoff’s personal leitmotif has been in the course of analysis of his vocal piece «A letter from Rachmaninoff to K.S. Stanislavsky».The method of textological analysis prompts that those «signature» anagrams can be interpreted as the footprints of composer’s introspection. The paper’s author suggests the new approach to J.S. Bach’s, R. Schumann’s and S. Rachmaninoff’s music that is now possible due to their music’s analysis with the help of personal anagrams. This type of analysis is opening new prospects for the composers’ music interpretation both for musicologists and performers. Keywords: Rachmaninoff’s image, authorship, composer, leitmotif, introspection, Bach’s image, Mass h-moll, Schumann’s image, «Carnival», Rachmaninoff’s concerto No. 2 This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Surminova O.V. O nekotorykh filosofskikh kontseptsiyakh imeni v kontekste problemy muzykal'nogo simvola // Izvestiya Rossiyskogo gos. ped. un-ta im. A.I. Gertsena. 2009. № 96. S. 285–293. 2. Kozintsev G.M. Prostranstvo tragedii. L.: Iskusstvo, 1973. 232 s. 3. Maykapar A.S. Motiv B-A-C-H // Iskusstvo (Prilozhenie k gazete «Pervoe sentyabrya»). 1997. № 16. 4. Zenkevich S.I. «Karnaval» R. Shumana v Sankt-Peterburge // Nemtsy v Sankt-Peterburge. Biograficheskiy aspekt. Vyp. 6 / Otv. red. T.A. Shrader. SPb.: MAE RAN, 2011. S. 333–350. 5. Zhitomirskiy D.V. Robert Shuman: ocherk zhizni i tvorchestva. M.: Muzyka, 1964. 880 s. 6. Gumbol'dt V. O myshlenii i rechi // Gumbol'dt V. Izbrannye trudy po yazykoznaniyu. M.: Progress, 1984. S. 301–302. 7. Girshman Ya.M. B-A-C-H. Ocherk muzykal'nykh posvyashcheniy I.S. Bakhu s ego simvolicheskoy zvukovoy monogrammoy. Kazan': Kazanskaya gosudarstvennaya konservatoriya, 1993. 108 s. 8. Ganzburg G.I. Stilevoy krizis Rakhmaninova: sushchnost' i posledstviya // Sergey Rakhmaninov: Istoriya i sovremennost'. Rostov-na-Donu: Izd-vo Rostovskoy gos. konservatorii im. S.V. Rakhmaninova, 2005. S. 263–269. 9. Ganzburg G.I. Leytmotiv «Ya» v muzyke Rakhmaninova // S. Rakhmanіnov: na zlamі stolіt'. Vip. 3. / Pіd red. L.A. Trubnіkovoї. Kharkіv: Nosan', 2006. S. 101–105. 10. Beletskiy A.I. Ocherednye voprosy izucheniya russkogo romantizma // Russkiy romantizm / Pod red. A.I. Beletskogo. L.: Academia, 1927. S. 5–25. 11. Shuman R. O muzyke i muzykantakh. V 2 t. T. 2-A / Sost., tekstol., red., vstup. st., komment. i ukaz. D.V. Zhitomirskogo. M.: Muzyka, 1978. 328 s. 12. Shuman R. Pis'ma. [V 2 t.] T. 1 (1817—1840) / [Per. s nem. A.A. Shteynberg]. M.: Muzyka, 1970. 720 s.

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