Abstract
The article offered to your attention is dedicated to the interrelations between Sergei Rachmaninoff and Mikhail Vrubel. Turning directly to the legacies of the two artists, it is possible to observe a definite and continued “creative dialogue” between them manifested in the artistic themes in images to which Rachmaninoff and Vrubel consistently turned. Most prominent among them are the images of the Lilac and Goethe’s “Faust”. The author examines the peculiarities of their interpretations by the two artists in such works as Rachmaninoff’s song “The Lilac” opus 21 No. 5 and the First Piano Sonata opus 28, as well as Vrubel’s “Faust” triptych (1896) and the painting “The Lilac” (1900). Also subjected to analysis are a number of biographical details, which make it possible to assert that one artistic experience had exerted direct influence on the other. From the perspective of the art of performance, such tracing of artistic parallels makes it possible to glance anew at certain compositions by Rachmaninoff particularly from the position of interpretation in the context of the Art Moderne artistic direction, to which the greater part of Vrubel’s artistic legacy may be attributed.
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