Фортепианный квинтет ор. 55 А. Г. Рубинштейна и его место в отечественной истории жанра

Abstract

In the article examines the artistic concept of the piano quintet op. 55 in F major by A. G. Rubinstein, one of the little-studied pages of Russian chamber instrumental music of the 19th century. A comprehensive examination of the composition is given in the context of the composer’s creative biography and the national history of the genre, the formation of which significantly differed from the European path of quintet development. Based on a detailed analysis of the musical dramaturgy, the author formulates a position on the underrated artistic merits of the work and its stage significance for Russian musical culture. The innovation in the interpretation of the quintet is emphasized: the first in the history of Russian chamber instrumental music to turn to a large-scale four-movement cycle and its symphonization. The transformation of conflictive beginnings into a classical-romantic model of the genre is noted. The stylistic features of the quintet are identified that determine the romantic dominants of its artistic intent.