“PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE” the PIANO CYCLE "DEDICATION TO TAGORE" BY MUSTAFO BAFOEV

This article studies the musical memorial "Dedication to Tagore," created in 2007 by the modern Uzbek composer Mustafo Bafoyev. The work pays tribute to the classics of Indian literature, poet, composer, musician-performer, public figure Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), whose work is highly appreciated and revered. The work "Dedication to Tagore" is a reflection of the process of mutual influence of Uzbek and Indian musical culture, which is revealed in this article on the basis of a retrospective analysis method, which reveals the features of an original composer style that synthesizes the characteristic features of Uzbek and Indian music in this composition. Uzbekistan and India connect the bonds of ancient traditions, the commonality of understanding musical art as a philosophy of life, reflected in the Uzbek makom and Indian raga, the mutual influence of cultures on the Silk Road highway. Composer Mustafo Bafoev has been studying Tagore's legacy over the years, discovering rich resources for his work in it. The author of the article characterizes this essay as a detailed poem of the philosophy of life and creativity of the great personality. The semantic-symbolic content of the work is revealed during the analysis of a multi-level and multi-valued concept. The concept of Fasl in Eastern culture symbolizes such dimensions as time, time of year, time of human life, time of self-improvement of personality. The author of the article pays special attention to revealing the problems of meaning, creativity and life, identifying the stylistic features of expressive means, the originality of the imaginative world. The image of Tagore is presented in the aspect of dedication to the great poet and composer through the prism of Bafoev's personal perception. Such a composer's approach to embodying the idea of the work is highly appreciated by the author of the article as innovative.