Фортепианная составляющая русского скерцо: европейские истоки и национальная специфика

Abstract

The article is devoted to the formation of the Russian piano scherzo. The Scherzo pertains to the sphere of genres of virtuosic piano art, which is deined by the very nature of the concept of “playing.” Schumann’s famous expression, “playing on the instrument must be the same as playing with it” deines the essence of the piano style of Russian composers, for which the instrument was inseparable from the image of the musical composition. The Russian composers created in the piano art of the 19th century their own style, which becomes one of the leading ones on the world scale. Among the numerous features of this style, a special position is held by the piano scherzo, also demonstrating the scherzo features in small and large forms of piano compositions. Keywords: piano style, musical texture, musical form, Russian piano scherzo