Abstract

The previous issues of the journal featured publications of lectures about such outstanding 20th century Russian composers as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofi ev, Nikolai Myaskovsky and Dmitri Shostakovich. This series is continued with a lecture about Aram Khachaturian’s music. After a general characterization of his musical legacy (in the preamble), the respective sections of the fi rst part of the lecture (the trajectory of the artistic path, “The Feast of Music”) examines the foundational principles of the composer’s bright individual style and evaluates the signifi cance of his contribution to the treasury of Russian art of the mid-20th century. During the exposition of the lecture fragments of his musical compositions will be offered for analysis, in their sum giving a perspective of the most substantial aspects of Khachaturian’s musical legacy.

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