Choral Writing Components: the System of Interaction of Music Composition

Abstract

The aim of the study is to reveal the content of the components of choral writing. To achieve the aim, the following tasks were set: to substantiate the functional interaction of components of choral writing; to find out how these components “work” among themselves in a choral work.Research methodology. Research papers on the analysis of word-Logos, genre principles, dramaturgy, performing poetics, and choral style of thinking were used. The quotes which had been used by researchers in these papers became a basis for the preparation work of this article.Results. The article deals with the study of choral writing components, which are considered as interconnections of musical work levels from the perspective of choral writing. The content of this fundamental category is conditioned functionally at the following levels: word-logos, verbal factor (canonical series); relevant genre-communicative principles of functioning and their individual structure of the work; The drama of the choral work depends on the choral style of thinking as a world-view system of the composer; composition as an integral structure of the sign system; performing poetics (performing composition, timbre, articulation, tempo, dynamics) on the basis of choral sound; the choral style of the composer thinking is manifested through the mechanisms of choral writing (the way of objectifying philosophical guides in the choral work).Novelty. The components of the choral writing are considered for the first time as an interconnection system of the choral work levels (in the chain way of musical creation).The practical significance. The material of the article can be used by lecturers as optional materials for the major training courses and will help the students of higher education institutions in studying at the choral conducting class, practicing with a choir and choral compositions analysis.