Particular qualities interactions of composer and performer in the genre of music for instrument’s solo (on an example of wind performing arts)

Abstract

The author of this article gave problematic representation interactions of composer and performer in the genre of music for instrument’s solo. The writer does it on an example of wind performing arts. As a rule, music only begins with musicians. These are composer and player. They make creative contents of piece, determine its style, quality of reverberation and sound, configuration, all means of expression.

The genre of music instrument’s solo is very popularity among musicians on the wind instruments. Composers and performers need knowledge about particularity of this genre. One of main questions is interaction writer and player of music compositions.

History of music performing art have got very many famous musicians’ names who combined play instruments with compose of music. These are Niccole Paganini, Henrik Winiawskiy, Louis Spohr, Eugene Ysaye. Among the instrumentalists of wind performing art these are flutist Johann Quantz, clarinetist Anton Stadler, hornist Frederic Duvernoy, oboist Frederic Ramm. Performers’ musicians wrote a lot of compositions for their instruments. That were music in famous genre of concert, sonata, suite and also music for instrument’s solo.

Hornist Yan Stich’s skill got high mark from L. Beethoven. French horn player Joseph Leutgeb acknowledged V.A. Mozart. Clarinet player Anton Stadler had respect from V.A. Mozart too. Flute player Johann Quantz was loved by Domenico Scarlatti. Legendary composers transcribed very many piece for well-known musicians on the wind instruments.

Great knowledge of all wind instruments, their means of expressive makes the foundation for high work of composers. Performers’ creative work and composers’ original think find special unification into the genre of music for instrument’s solo. As a rule, musician integrates these two categories of creative activity.

Bella Kovach is a professor of clarinet at the F. Liszt Academy of music Budapest. He was a clarinetist’s solo at the Hungarian State Opera House and the Budapest Philharmonic orchestra. Instrumentalist is also very famous composer. He wrote a lot of artistic works for clarinet’s solo. Among them series "Dedications" where each of the pieces devoted to famous composer (J.S. Bach, N. Paganini, C.M. Weber, C. Debussy, M. de Falla, R. Strauss, B. Bartok, Z. Kodaly, A. Khachaturian). All of them are very popular on the concert stage, at very many students and teachers of clarinet.

Malcolm Arnold is one of popular composers at the round of performers on the wind instruments. He is also famous trumpet player. Musician was solotrumpetist at the London Philharmonic orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Malcolm Arnold’s creative list has a lot of compositions for instrument’s solo. The author of this scientific article emphasizes series "Fantasies" for wind instruments’ solo. They were written special for International competition of musicians on the wind instruments in Birmingham (England) in 1966. At that date Malcolm Arnold composedFantasies’ solo for oboe, flute, clarinet, bassoon and horn. Composer very well knew the dramatic means of wind instruments because long time he played on the trumpet into the highly professional orchestras.

Famous clarinetist Ivan Olenchik is a professor of music at the Gnessin State Music College (Russian). He is winner of many international competitions. Instrumentalist also played on the clarinet at the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation (Svetlanov’s Symphony Orchestra) and the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra(Kogan’s Symphony Orchestra). Twenty caprices for solo clarinet take special place in his musical list. Composer uses creative folk music based on the melodies from the world. As a rule, very strong musician play these caprices.

Composer and performer always complement each other. Each of them leans very much new peculiarities about the expressive means of instrument, his creative capitals, strong and beauty of sound, timber and intonation. The creative unions of writers and players are very popular in the modern music. For example we can tell about brilliantartistic combinations of composer Edison Denisov and bassoonist Valeriy Popov, composer Vladimir Runchak and clarinetist Andrey Dyomin and others.

The author of this article used historical, comparative, deductive methods of research. Compositions of this genre strongly activate emotional and creative potential of instrumentalists and composers. Central factor the genre of music for instrument’s solo is integrated and bright creative operation of composer and performer. Music for instrument’s solo is synthetic genre of modern music performing art.