EMBODIMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SONOR WRITING IN THE CREATIVE WORKS OF E. VILLA-LOBOS (on the example of the piano suite “Dolls”)

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Introduction. E. Villa Lobos (1887–1957) is a classic the 20th century music. For Ukrainian musicology, the piano legacy of E. Villa-Lobos is relevant in terms of substantiating the innovation of the composer’s thinking in world creative practice at the beginning of the 20th century. In particular, the performers of the piano suite “Dolls” are faced with the problem of understanding the content of sonor-textural music. Оbjectives. To identify the distinctive features of E. Villa-Lobos’ use of elements of the sonority,which are based on the synthesis with Brazilian folk melos (on the example of the analysis of the piano suite “Dolls”). The subject. The piano suite (“Dolls”) (1918) as an example of the composer’s early creative style, which embodies the principles of sonorism typical for impressionist aesthetics. Theoretical Background. The novelty of the artistic tasks set by E. Villa-Lobos to the performers of his music in the early period of his creative activity required the study of the fundamental works of Yu. Kholopov, V. Tsenova, V. Kholopova, in which the meaning of the concepts “sonority”, “harmonic colouristics” and “texture”. Analysis of recent publications on the topic. The master’s work by A. Sotnikova (2010) raises questions on the formation of professional Brazilian music, the author focuses on the analysis of the piano composition of the composer. In her article V. Fedotova (2016) in the article examined the distinctive principles of the work of the Brazilian composer, in particular the specifics of his piano compositions. Results and Discussion. Music of the 20th century became a reflection of new artistic tasks that required adequate means of expression, and one of such means was sonoristics. It was this type of writing that E. Villa-Lobos addressed when writing the piano suite “Dolls” (1918). In the composer’s writing of E. Villa-Lobos there is sonoristics, harmonic colouristics, developed texture, due to which nationally coloured sound images are created. This confirms not only the stylistic, but also the comparative-interpretative analysis of the suite. Conclusions. The piano suite “Dolls” embodies the innovative interpretation of the instrument in the early 20th century. The theoretical ideas about the colouristics functions of the chord in its interconnections with the piano texture, timbre, and metro rhythm are systematized. A functional analysis of the piano pieces by Villa-Lobos from the early “Dolls” suite combined the new European style and writing techniques (such as colouring, sonoristics) with the national Brazilian melos reflecting the true spirit and worldview of Brazilians.