LEARNING AN AUTHOR’S STYLE IN THE SYSTEM OF MODERN MUSICAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The article summarizes the basics of the Program for the Development of the Russian Music Education System for the period from 2015 to 2020, its goals and objectives, and expected results. Particular attention is paid to the historically established three-level music education in Russia, which has long origins, traditionally recognized throughout the world thanks to the high-quality professional training of music performers and music teachers. The article emphasizes the importance of musical education for the formation and upbringing of a spiritual, moral, aesthetically developed personality. Aspects and features of professional training in the field of musical pedagogy are emphasized. Mastering of the concepts of “an author’s”, “individual” style by students enables future teachers-musicians to correlate the creative heritage of the studied composer and the paradigm of the artistic and cultural segment of the era, to grasp the necessary patterns and relationships, and to deeply delve into the state of the studied historical layer of musical and artistic culture. Thus, students are much better able to understand the mutual influence of the historical period and the work of the composer on the musical climate of the era, to trace this influence at all artistic levels. The article also examines the phenomenon of the “personalized” chord as the quintessence of the author’s style of the composer, a kind of trigger that allows to draw a parallel between the chord, the composer and the style of a given historical segment. With the help of this technique, students effectively assimilate the concept of style at all levels: both as an artistic paradigm of a particular historical period being studied, and as a peculiarity and uniqueness of the creative heritage of a particular composer.