RODION SHCHEDRIN'S CHORAL WORKS
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Kadirova Sevara Pulatovna
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This article discusses the Rodion Shchedrin's choral compositions created between 1968 and 2021. This overview of choral works traces the evolution of style and highlights the genre diversity of the composer's choral works. The issue of performing the Rodion Shchedrin's compositions in Uzbekistan is also addressed.
Objective: To give a generalized and systematized picture of Rodion Shchedrin's choral works, its genre and thematic diversity, and the main stages of its development.
Methods: historical, systemic review, and diachronic methods.
Results: The genre structure of Rodion Shchedrin's choral works is revealed, and the main stages and stylistic features of the works are outlined.
Scientific novelty: The comprehensive examination of a large number of choral works created over an extended chronological period spanning more than half a century. Among the works, special attention is given to his late compositions, which have received little attention in the modern musicology. The issue of the performance of Rodion Shchedrin's compositions in Uzbekistan is also addressed.
Practical application: the key points of the article can be used in teaching practice.
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Kadirova Sevara Pulatovna
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