Scenario for an evening of romance for the elderly. Evening of Russian romance
EVENING OF RUSSIAN ROMANCE
Batrakova Irina Aleksandrovna,
teacher of Vokhtomsk secondary school
Parfenyevsky district, Kostroma region
An evening of Russian romance is an opportunity for students to get acquainted with Russian musical culture, for a dialogue of feelings and emotions between students and teachers, and for enriching their spiritual world.
Scenario of the evening:
The romance “Enchanted, Bewitched...” sounds.
(lyrics by N. Zabolotsky, music by M. Zvezdinsky)
Presenter 1: Romance...It is full of charm and light sadness. Meeting him is always pleasant and welcome. Today we will get acquainted with the history of the emergence of romance and the development of this musical genre in Russia.
Many of you enjoy listening to romances or singing them yourself. Where did romance first appear? Where did he come to us on Russian soil from? What does this word mean?
Presenter 2: Spain is considered the birthplace of romance. It was here in the XIII - XIV centuries. wandering poet-singers created a new musical genre. The word “romance” comes from the Spanish “romance”, that is, performed in the “Roman” language (as Spanish was called then), and not in Latin - official language catholic church. How to understand this? Very simple. At that time in Spain, all church songs were sung in Latin, and the so-called secular songs were sung in national language. Therefore, a work written in the Romance language was called a novel, and poems set to music were called romances. Later, a romance in Spain began to be considered any solo song performed accompanied by a musical instrument, most often a guitar or piano.
So, a romance is a short poem set to music for solo performance, which is performed accompanied by a musical instrument, most often a guitar or piano.
Presenter 1: In the book by B.V. Afanasyev “Guide to Concerts” it is said: “Romance is a complicated type of “room”, “home”, salon song, which has become more intimate, responsive in terms of conveying ... the best spiritual moods and therefore closely fused with lyrical poetry "
Presenter 2: Lyrical songs about love existed in all countries at all times. They were sung by both city young ladies and village girls. Aristocrats of the 17th century treated common folk songs with contempt. Even the word “song” itself seemed plebeian to them. It was then that works with love content and a sensitive melody began to be called throughout Europe by the beautiful Spanish word “romance”, in contrast to common folk songs.
Presenter 1: In Russia, this genre appeared in early XIX centuries and immediately won everyone’s love. The first Russian romances were composed in French, and not only by composers, but also by amateur singers. Their names often remained unknown.
Presenter 2: But the names of those who are known throughout the world: Alexander Sergeevich Dargomyzhsky, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabyev, Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka and others. How many amazing romances were created by great composers! Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky alone wrote more than 100 romances. They are close and understandable to us today, just as they were close and understandable people XIX and XX centuries.
The romance “The Chrysanthemums Have Bloomed” sounds
(lyrics by V. Shumsky, music by N. Kharito)
Presenter 1: Beautiful and smooth melodies, soulful words of romances are easy to remember. They contain words about friendship, love, unrequited feelings, jealousy, separation, beauty native nature, longing for the Motherland - words about what touches the soul of every person.
They take your breath away - powerful sounds!
They contain the rapture of painful passions,
They are the joy of my youth!
The excited heart skips a beat,
But I have no power to quench my longing.
The mad soul languishes and desires -
And sing, and cry, and love. (V.I. Krasov “Sounds”, 1835)
Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov created unusually heartfelt romances that reveal human feelings, images of nature, and reflections on art. The most famous of the cycle “By the Sea” is the romance “Crushes and Splashes”.
The romance “Crushes and splashes” sounds
(music by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov).
Presenter 2: Over time, the romance expanded its scope and was filled with love, comic, and satirical content. Its varieties appeared: elegy, ballad, dramatic monologue, urban, gypsy and folk romance.
Let's talk about each of them and start with folk romance. Its melody is similar to a drawn-out folk song. It resembles a kind of lyrical statement. A wonderful illustration would be the well-known romance “My Joy Lives.”
The romance “My joy lives on” sounds
(lyrics by S. Ryskin, music by D. Shishkin)
Presenter 1: Next, our conversation will focus on elegy. An elegy is a lyrical and philosophical poem. An example of an elegy is the romance “Foggy Morning” to the words of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. Poem “Foggy Morning” by I.S. Turgenev wrote in November 1843 under the impression of a break with Tatyana Bakunina, the sister of the famous anarchist revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin. In the work one can hear a nagging feeling of longing for the past happiness, the homeland, which the author voluntarily left and lived on the edge of someone else's nest in the family of Pauline Viardot. The music for these beautiful words was written by the officer of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment, Erast Abaza, a gifted musician with a keen sense of beauty. A talented young man died during the Crimean War in besieged Sevastopol in June 1855. And the romance “Foggy Morning” is still loved.
The romance “Foggy Morning” sounds
(lyrics by I.S. Turgenev, music by E. Abaza)
Presenter 2: A romance, which is similar to a ballad, is characterized by images inspired by ancient tales and legends. They tell about historical events and heroes, reveal their experiences and deeds. Thus, the romance “Because of the Island to the Core” tells about the dashing ataman Stenka Razin and his squad.
The romance “Because of the island to the core” sounds
(folk lyrics and music).
Presenter 1: The gypsy romance arose like this. The gypsies, not having beautiful lyrics, began to perform works by Russian authors so masterfully that listeners perceived them as gypsy romances. The romance “Shine, Shine, My Star” became gypsy. The life of its author, the talented Russian composer Pyotr Petrovich Bulakov, was spent in dire need. Out of mercy, the composer was sheltered by Count Sheremetyev in his Moscow estate Kuskovo. More than 100 years have passed since then, and the melodies of P.P. Bulakov sound, helping people survive adversity.
The romance “Shine, Shine, My Star” sounds
(lyrics by V. Chuevsky, music by P. Bulakov)
Presenter 2: Examples of urban romance include the works “I remember the lovely sound of the waltz”, “Coachman, don’t drive the horses!”, “I like that it’s not me that’s sick of you.” They convey shades of the lyrical experiences of urban young ladies, the depth and subtlety of romantic relationships. We will now hear all this in the words and music of the romance “Dark Cherry Shawl”
The romance “Dark Cherry Shawl” sounds
(authors unknown)
Presenter 1: Romance is a dramatic monologue performed in the first person, and allows its author to express all the feelings and thoughts that overwhelm him. It can be a kind of confession that reveals the soul of its hero. Now we will hear a romance - a dramatic monologue “There is only once a meeting in life.”
The romance “Only once in a life does a meeting happen” sounds?
(lyrics by P. German, music by B. Fomin)
Presenter 2: Romance in Russia has become so popular that it has its own biography. The fate of many is unusual famous romances. They were created in the bright moments of the lives of poets and composers, and preserved part of their lives and souls.
1823 Munich. Russian diplomatic mission. It was here that 20-year-old diplomat Fyodor Tyutchev met Countess Amalia Lerchenfeld, the half-sister of the Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas 1, illegitimate daughter Prussian King Frederick William III. Within a year of dating, the young countess charmed Tyutchev so much that the young diplomat decided to marry her. But the Russian nobleman did not seem to be a very profitable match for Amalia’s parents, and preference was given to Tyutchev’s colleague, embassy secretary Baron Krudener. But neither Amalia nor Tyutchev forgot their youthful affection and carried it through their entire lives. Over the years they met less and less often. One of their meetings took place in 1870 in German resort town Carlsbad, where the poet wrote his confession poem:
I met you and everything is gone
In the obsolete heart came to life;
I remembered the golden time -
And my heart felt so warm...
Set to music, this poem became a popular romance. Last meeting occurred in March 1873, when Amalia Maximilianovna appeared at the bed where the poet, broken by paralysis, lay. Tyutchev's face brightened, tears appeared in his eyes. He looked at her for a long time, without uttering a word out of excitement...
The romance “I Met You” sounds
(lyrics by F. Tyutchev, music by unknown author)
Presenter 1: The pride of Russian classics can be called the romances of Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. The composer wrote them throughout his life based on poems by contemporary poets and close friends. A special place in the author’s vocal lyrics is occupied by works based on the words of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. A real pearl that unites the geniuses of the poet and composer is the romance “I Remember wonderful moment" This romance has an amazing story.
Imagine St. Petersburg, 1819. One of the noisy social evenings. Pushkin followed with his eyes a very young, charming woman. “It was as if a heavy load was pressing on her, and there was hidden sadness in her huge eyes.” This is how the poet Anna Kern was remembered. As a 16-year-old girl, she was married to a rude man who was a complete stranger to her. Six years have passed. Pushkin was in exile in the village of Mikhailovskoye. How great was the poet’s joy when he unexpectedly met Anna Kern at the Osipovs’, friends of neighbors on the estate. She stopped while passing through with her relative, the mistress of the estate. Every evening Alexander Sergeevich listened to Kern’s singing, and each time the poet’s passion grew. The last day has arrived. Anna Petrovna was leaving for Pskov to visit her husband. Pushkin came to see Kern off and presented her with the recently published second chapter of the novel “Eugene Onegin.” When Anna opened the uncut pages of the donated book, a small piece of paper fell out with the poem “I Remember a Wonderful Moment,” dedicated to her. This poem will forever go down in the history of Russian poetry as one of the masterpieces.
Presenter 2: In 1838, at one of his sister’s family parties, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka met Ekaterina, the daughter of Anna Petrovna Kern. That evening Glinka was not in a good mood. Quarrels with his wife deprived him of sleep and appetite. He could not create selflessly and enthusiastically as before. For several years now, a quarrelsome, stupid, pompous woman had lived nearby - his wife, whose interests did not go beyond balls, cards and horses. He knew that this couldn't go on any longer. The composer was distracted from his gloomy thoughts by the sounds of a waltz, and then he saw Ekaterina Ermolaevna. He listened to her voice, followed the movements of her hands, and something unusually bright, not yet conscious, was born in his soul. For the first time in many years, Glinka felt that he was young, strong and happy no matter what. And soon Ekaterina Kern had the notes of Glinka’s romance based on Pushkin’s poems “I Remember a Wonderful Moment.” And again, like fifteen years ago, when Pushkin presented the poems to Anna Kern, they sounded like recognition.
The romance “I Remember a Wonderful Moment” sounds
(lyrics by A.S. Pushkin, music by M.I. Glinka).
Presenter 1: Russian romance... How many secrets of broken destinies and trampled feelings does it keep! But how much tenderness and touching love he sings! Listen to the story of another romance.
They first met at a masquerade ball in St. Petersburg Bolshoi Theater. For some reason, he immediately drew attention to her. She was slender and graceful. The mask hid his face, but his gray eyes looked intently and sadly. Beautiful ashen hair crowned her head. They did not speak for long - the bustle of the masquerade separated them. Soon he wrote the poem “Among the Noisy Ball.”
In the middle of a noisy ball, by chance,
In the anxiety of worldly vanity,
I saw you, but it's a mystery
Your features cover...
This poem will be one of the best in Russian love lyrics, but will become famous when it turns into a romance to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. And the words to it were written by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy. He dedicated it to his future wife- Sofya Andreevna Miller. In her he found not only his only woman, but also smart friend. Now let's listen to this romance.
The romance “Among the Noisy Ball” sounds
(lyrics by A.K. Tolstoy, P.I. Tchaikovsky).
Presenter 2: The love for romance is enduring. It sounded many years ago and still sounds today. He stirred the souls of great people and mere mortals. But romance would not be so popular without wonderful performers who bring awe, excitement, and depth of feelings into our hearts. Let's listen to the romance from Eldar Ryazanov's film “Cruel Romance” performed by the amazing singer Valentina Ponamareva.
The romance “And in the end I will say” sounds
(lyrics by B. Akhmadulina, music by A. Petrov)
Presenter 1:
The romance is sad, alarming and bright,
And to you it is incomprehensible in every word.
The revelation itself comes
How you once entered my destiny.
Romance entered our lives. It touches the most invisible strings of the beautiful, lofty, inexplicable in the soul. Of course, today we didn’t have time to talk about all the romances, their authors and performers. Yes, this is impossible. Therefore, we will not say goodbye, we will just say: “See you again at the evening of Russian romance!”
Main preliminary preparation in the evening it is associated with vocal numbers, since the evening involves the performance of romances. Performers can be students, the class teacher and other school teachers, parents and invited performers. The use of audio recordings of romances is possible, but undesirable, since it may be dissonant with the “live” musical dialogue. Both teachers and students can act as hosts of the evening.
The evening requires the creation of a lyrical, slightly mysterious, contemplative atmosphere. Consequently, participants can be placed in a circle with a clearly highlighted center of attention - an impromptu stage. Draperies and candlesticks with candles are used in the decoration of the evening. On the walls there are portraits of poets and writers (F.I. Tyutchev, I.S. Turgenev, A.A. Delvig, A.S. Pushkin, M.Yu. Lermontov, A.N. Tolstoy, B. Akhmadulina), composers (P. Bulakhov, S. Rachmaninov, P.I. Tchaikovsky, A. Dargomyzhsky, A.A. Alyabyev, M. Glinka, N. Rimsky - Korsakov, G. Sviridov), portrait of A.P. Kern.
To perform romances, a guitar/piano is required, other musical instruments. For organization musical arrangement during the conversation, as well as to create the necessary mood at the beginning and at the end of the evening, audio recordings of romances or classical music.
Used literature:
“Your favorite songs”, compiled by G. V. Pavlenko.
“I look into the blue lakes”, compiled by E.B. Sirotkin.
“Russian songs and romances”, compiled by V. Gusev.
“Russian Romance”, compiled by V. Rabinovich.
magazine “Education of Schoolchildren” No. 5/95. "Evening of Russian romance."
magazine “Education of Schoolchildren” No. 3-4/92, No. 6/94.
Rabinovich V. Notes on Russian romance // Russian romance
Scenario of musical and poetic composition
“In the high syllable of Russian romance...”
Target: acquaintance with the works of Russian poets, composers, and Russian culture;
nurturing interest in Russian culture, encouraging knowledge and comprehension
activate the creative and spiritual potential of students.
(Assembly hall. Twilight. On the stage there is a coffee table covered with a tablecloth with tassels. In the hall, the participants of the evening are sitting at tables with candles in candlesticks.
The phonogram of the romance “Vain Words” performed by A. Malinin sounds. Before the presenter comes out, the literature teachers say greetings.)
Student 1: Dear friends! We are addressing you in this way because, apparently, true connoisseurs of beauty have gathered here today. We gathered in order to comprehend the charm of Russian romance, to enjoy its inexplicable charm.
Study 2: The names of outstanding poets and composers of three centuries of Russian poetry who worked in the genre of romance will pass before you. Today you can sing along to our wonderful performers, because romance is like special genre touches the strings of our soul. And this is its main purpose.
Study 1: The methodological association of teachers of Russian language and literature invites you to the literary lounge for the “Evening of Russian Romance”. We would like you to feel comfortable and warm while visiting us.
(Fragment of the film “Cruel Romance” with the performance of the romance “And finally, I’ll say..)
The presenters come out against the background of the music of R. Pauls “Long Road...”.
Ved1: You recognized this wonderful romance from Eldar Ryazanov’s film “Cruel Romance.” Romance is a true decoration of many films and plays. The film has passed, but the romance lives on.
Ved2: Russian romance... Beloved and forgotten, languid, soul-tearing, sad and even cruel, exciting. Romance will not leave anyone indifferent; it enters your heart without knocking.
Ved1: Romances originally appeared in Spain. And the word “romance” itself is of Spanish origin and once meant a secular song in Spanish (Roman) language, in contrast to church chants in Latin. But it was Russian romance that gave this word its special meaning.
Ved.2: Romance has no themes, it has only one theme - love. Everything else: life and death, eternity and time, fate and its blows, faith and unbelief, loneliness and disappointment. Romance knows only two temporary categories: a moment, an instant, the eternal now and always, until death.
(The romance “Enchanted-Bewitched” performed by V.G. Prilukov sounds)
(Against the background of the music of P.I. Tchaikovsky “Autumn Song. October”)
Ved1: At first, the most famous composers Glinka, Dargomyzhsky, and later Borodin, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov worked in the romance genre in Russia.
Ved 2: Russian romance in its main part is great poetry.
And Pushkin, and Lermontov, and the musical Fet, and the philosopher Tyutchev... And Denis Davydov, Baratynsky, A.K. Tolstoy...
Ved1: " High romance "... This concept is convenient to designate chamber works created professional composers to the words of professional poets. This is a romance in a tailcoat and a bow tie.
Ved2: Romance M.I. Glinka “I remember a wonderful moment”, written on the text for everyone famous poem A.S. Pushkin, is an example of the ideal fusion of inspired poetry and equally inspired music.
Ved 1: Its history began in 1819, when at one of the evenings in Olenin’s house, Pushkin saw 19 - summer Anna Kern. Pushkin fell in love with the young beauty: the feeling turned out to be mutual. The result of this unforgettable meeting was the poet’s immortal creation - “I Remember a Wonderful Moment.”
Ved 2:A The music for this poem was written by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, inspired by a meeting with one of Kern’s daughters, Anna Ermolaevna.
(The romance “I Remember the Wonderful...” performed by E.V. Shakirova plays.)
(Against the background of music by M. Tariverdiev “Return”)
Ved1: Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet lived and worked in the 40-80s of the 19th century. “Almost all of Russia sings his romances...” And not surprisingly, the melody and rhythm of Fet’s verse are close to music.
Ved2:“And where does this good-natured and fat officer get such incomprehensible lyrical audacity,” wrote Leo Tolstoy. The beauty of nature, its animation, love, art - these are the themes of his poems.
Reader: Whisper, timid breathing,
The trill of a nightingale,
Silver and the swaying of a sleepy stream,
Night light, night shadows,
Endless shadows
A series of magical changes
Sweet face
There are purple roses in the smoky clouds,
The reflection of amber
And kisses and tears,
And dawn, dawn!...
(The romance “Don’t wake her up at dawn” performed by Ivashkeeva Yu.A. is played)
(Against the background of music by F. Liszt)
Ved 2: One of the most beautiful topics creativity of Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev - love as the most complex human feeling. The poet had an amazing meeting with Elena Deniseva. The meeting that marked the beginning of great love.
Ved. 1: Tyutchev’s beloved sacrificed a lot for the sake of a strong passionate feeling: her career, her position in society, the opinions of loved ones and people around her. This is what inspired him to create brilliant intimate lyrics.
Reader: Oh, how murderously we love,
As in the violent blindness of passions
We are most likely to destroy,
What is dear to our hearts!
How long ago, proud of my victory,
You said: she is mine...
A year has not passed - ask and find out,
What was left of her?
Where did the roses go?
The smile of the lips and the sparkle of the eyes?
Everything was scorched, tears burned out
With its flammable moisture.
Do you remember, when we met,
At the first fatal meeting,
Her magical gaze and speech,
And is infant laughter alive?
So what now? And where is all this?
And how long was the dream?
Alas, like northern summer,
He was a passing guest!
Oh, how murderously we love!
As in the violent blindness of passions
We are most likely to destroy,
What is dearer to our hearts!...
(Against the background of the music of P.I. Tchaikovsky “June.Baracolla”)
Ved2: Tyutchev has a poem that he wrote almost all his life. Who doesn't know these wonderful lines about love:
I met you - and everything is gone
In an obsolete heart came to life...
I remembered the golden time -
And my heart felt so warm...
The feeling that the poet carefully carried within himself for many years and which he was not afraid to admit at the very edge of life was addressed to Amalia Krudener, a woman gifted with rare, unique beauty, who was admired by G. Heine, A.S. Pushkin, Nicholas the First, Bavarian King Louis 1 ordered a portrait of Amalia when he was collecting a gallery of European beauties. This extraordinary feeling inspired Tyutchev to one of his most beautiful poems, dedicated to love-friendship that has passed through a lifetime.
(The romance “I Met You...” performed by V. G. Prilukov is played)
Ved1: In the middle of a noisy ball we met by chance... She is Sofya Andreevna Miller. And he is Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy.
(Couples waltz to the sounds of V.Doga’s waltz)
Ved2: Here are some lines from Alexei Tolstoy’s letters to Sofya Andreevna: “Everything around is light and happiness. I send you my soul - may it always be with you.” Tchaikovsky sang this touching love in his immortal creation.
(The phonogram of the romance “Among the Noisy Ball...” plays)
Readerperforms a poem by S. Yesenin against the background of music by C. Saint-Saens
You are my fallen maple, icy maple,
Why are you standing bent over under a white snowstorm?
Or what did you see? Or what did you hear?
It’s as if you went out for a walk outside the village.
And, like a drunken watchman, going out onto the road,
He drowned in a snowdrift and froze his leg.
Oh, and I myself have become somewhat unstable these days,
I won’t make it home from a friendly drinking party.
There I met a willow, there I noticed a pine tree,
I sang songs to them during the snowstorm about summer.
I seemed to myself to be the same maple tree,
Only not fallen, but completely green.
And, having lost modesty, having become stupefied,
Like someone else's wife, he hugged the birch tree.
(Against the background of music by I Krutoy “Tenderness”)
Ved1: Sergei Yesenin is rightly called the poetic heart of Russia, because the poet’s greatest love was Rus', his native village, the peasant’s hut. Yesenin's early poems are full of sounds, smells, colors. Girlish laughter rings, wood grouse are crying, bells are ringing.
.Ved 2: Blue, blue, scarlet, green, gold splashes and shimmers in the poet’s verses.
The poet deeply and soulfully sings of the beauty of his native nature, its fundamental unity with man.
(The romance “I don’t regret, I don’t call, I don’t cry” performed by the duet sounds)
Ved1: Urban romance. It started with the songs of organ grinders. One of these songs was “The Prisoner’s Song” by Fyodor Glinka, the hero Patriotic War 1812. Ved.2: The role of the poet, musician, and performer Bulat Okudzhava in the development of Russian urban romance is immeasurable. This name hardly needs special presentation. Okudzhava was born in Moscow and grew up on Arbat. The poet-bard is modern, his songs, poems, romances are listened to and sung.
(The romance “Let’s compliment each other” performed by I.V. Blagina plays)
(Against the background of Chopin's Prelude No. 6)
Reader: The nightingale whistled to us all night long,
The city was silent and the houses were silent,
White acacia fragrant clusters
They drove us crazy all night long.
The garden was washed by spring showers,
There was water in the dark ravines,
God! How naive we were!
How young we were then!
Ved1: The fate of the romance is full of vicissitudes. Times have changed, romance has changed. Sometimes he rose to the heights of classics, sometimes he sank to self-parody. And people sang and sang. From generation to generation.
Reader: There is a certain hour in the night of universal silence,
And at that hour of appearances and miracles
Living chariot of the universe
Rolls openly into the sanctuary of heaven.
Then the night thickens like chaos on the waters,
Unconsciousness, like Atlas, crushes the land,
Only the muses of the virgin soul
In prophetic dreams the gods are disturbed!
(The romance “White acacia fragrant clusters” performed by E.V. Shakirova sounds)
Ved2: Today, in the high style of Russian romance, we tried to convey to you its charm, beauty, uniqueness and, finally, its immortality.
Our artists helped us with this. We thank everyone! See you again!
Evening of Russian romance “Beautiful Suffering”
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Lecture-concert
When the old tune sounds,
It's like he's calling us
Follow him on a long road
Where romance meets us.
He will tire and enchant,
Will make you believe and love,
Where the heart yearns again,
And don’t forget the wonderful evening.
Then furiously and passionately
He will reach such heights
Where much will be subject to control,
And you can't be alone...
To the gypsy camp, following them
And behind the nomadic tent,
Sing their daring romances,
And merge in a fire dance!
Natalya Isaeva Goretskaya
Good evening, dear guests! We are pleased to welcome you to an evening dedicated to Russian romance.
How often do we hear in concerts, on television, in home music playing? vocal works, distinguished by exceptional expressiveness, bright melody, figurative poetic words, and a rare fusion of poetic and musical ideas. These works are often short in volume, their voice is quiet and addressed not to a mass audience of listeners, but to each of those sitting in the hall, so simply and sincerely they narrate the most intimate feelings, experiences, and deep thoughts.
These works are called romances.
Romance is a name that originates from the Spanish word “romance”, which means “Roman”, that is, performed in the “Roman” (Spanish) language. This name appeared when so-called “secular” songs became widespread in Spain. Unlike church chants, which in Catholic countries were always sung in Latin, “secular” songs were sung in Spanish. Romances-plays for voice with instrumental accompaniment, spread from Spain throughout Europe. In the 18th century, the romance genre also appeared in Russian music, becoming one of the remarkable pages of Russian musical art. Currently, the term “romance” refers to diverse forms of chamber music. vocal music, including such varieties as ballad, elegy, barcarolle, serenade, song-romance, romances in dance rhythms, monologue romances, vocal fantasies.
There are also romances without words. They are sung by an instrument - violin, piano, or cello - as if imitating human voice. Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Gliere and other composers have such instrumental romances.
Many composers have turned and continue to turn to the romance genre. No matter how large-scale the composer’s work developed, in his plans, as a rule, there was always a place for romance. We all know M. I. Glinka’s operas “Ivan Susanin”, “Ruslan and Lyudmila”, which are examples of Russian classical music. But the composer’s romances are no less famous: “Do not tempt me unnecessarily” on
poems by E. Baratynsky, “The fire of desire burns in the blood” to poems by A. Pushkin, song-romance “Lark” to words by N. Kukolnik. In total, M. Glinka created about 80 vocal works that still sound, live, and delight today, although more than a hundred years have passed since they were written.
“Lark” is a soulful, thoughtful song with an easily flowing and smooth melody, natural and simple, tinged with light sadness.
The romance "Lark" is playing.
In 1825 M.I. Glinka writes her famous romance, which captivated her with the beauty and charm of her daughter Anna Petrovna Kern-Ekaterina. And if A. Pushkin dedicated his inspired poem to his mother, then M. Glinka no less brilliantly expressed his feelings addressed to his daughter in music.
The romance “I Remember a Wonderful Moment” is a pearl of Russian vocal lyrics. The melody of the romance is deeply impressive with its smoothness and gentle grace.
The romance “I Remember a Wonderful Moment” sounds.
The composer A. Dargomyzhsky wrote one Romance based on the poems of A. S. Pushkin, and this romance still sounds in concerts today, delighting with the perfect fusion of poetry and music, remaining understandable to the people of our century, because the images of many romances are eternal.
The romance “I loved you” sounds.
Classic works this genre were created composers of the 19th century century. At the same time, the everyday Russian romance arose and became widespread, among the creators of which were their own remarkable talents. Representatives of this branch were A. Varlamov, A. Gurilev, P. Bulakhov, who created romances in Russian folk style, to the words of folk poets and to own words.
Why, tell me
My favorite sickle
You've turned completely black -
What is my braid?
Or are you splashed
In boredom-sorrow
For my dear friend
A girl's tear?
This one of the most famous everyday romances of the 19th century belongs to the composer A. Gurilev (1803-1858). A serf musician of Count Orlov, he received his freedom only at the age of 28.
The romance “The Sadness of a Girl” sounds.
Everyday romance in simplicity musical language, clarity of accompaniment is available for performance by both professionals and amateurs. It sensitively reflects the tastes and views of the environment in which it arises, and responds more quickly and directly to everything new and bright in poetry. Everyday Russian romance brought its colors, often sincere, heartfelt, full of sincere feelings, into the diverse Russian vocal creativity. Isn’t the melody of A. Varlamov’s romance “Red Sundress” beautiful?
The romance “Red Sundress” is playing.
A. Varlamov’s romance “Don’t wake her up at dawn” recreates the rhythm of a light, slow waltz, is simple in melody, and has a verse structure.
The romance “Don't wake her up at dawn” sounds.
An everyday romance is also a documentary story. Listening to these works, we learn a lot about the life, interests, thoughts and hopes of the people of that generation.
Among the masters everyday romance Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov (1822-1885) stood out. Many people are familiar with his romance “Shine, Shine, My Star.” All his life, this talented composer, burdened by acute poverty and illness, fought to establish his art. At the end of his life, out of mercy, the Sheremetevs sheltered him in their count's estate of Kuskovo, where he died.
Many years have passed since then, but Bulakhov’s melodies, his wonderful songs and romances still live, helping people survive adversity, find solace, and warm themselves with joy.
The romance “Shine, Shine, My Star” sounds.
The names of Alyabyev, Varlamov, Gurilev, Bulakhov and other composers who created vivid examples of Russian everyday romance of the 19th century live in the history of Russian music. But their creativity is only one facet. The highest artistic form of Russian romance is classical. And among its creators are such masters of Russian musical art, who created the basis of national music, as M. Glinka, A. Dargomyzhsky, A. Borodin, M. Mussorgsky, M. Balakirev, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov and other.
At the beginning of the 20th century, composers appeared who combined the intonations of Russian songwriting with the intonations and rhythms of gypsy songs, forming another branch of Russian romance with an openly sensual sphere of emotions, with sharply dynamic rhythms, and a tart modal-harmonic structure. The openness and trustworthiness of such romances earned them popularity among the broad, musically unprepared masses of listeners, as well as the denial of such vocal production among subtle adherents of the romance genre. Of course, it’s impossible to imagine M.I.’s romance side by side. Glinka’s “I Remember a Wonderful Moment” and “Chrysanthemums” by early 20th century composer Nikolai Kharito. They belong to the extreme poles artistic creativity. However, it is also impossible to deny the existence and well-known popularity of such romances as “Chrysanthemums” and “I remember the lovely sound of a waltz” by N. Listov, which are often heard in concerts. Sincere feeling, the warmth of the melody, the unobtrusiveness of the images, the ease of perception - all this attracted listeners to these romances.
The romances “I Remember the Lovely Sound of the Waltz” and “Chrysanthemums” are played.
Among the romances of the 30s, created based on the poems of A. S. Pushkin, a cycle of six works by the young, then still little, attracted attention. famous Yuri Sviridov, so in those years it was now signed worldwide famous composer Georgy Vasilievich Sviridov. The twenty-year-old composer created vocal cycle, which brought the author success and recognition. Romances “The forest drops its crimson attire”, “ winter road", "To the nanny", " Winter evening"," "Premonition", "Approaching Izhora" (to the verses of A. Pushkin) still sound today. The romance “Winter Evening” is addressed to the image of the poet’s nanny, Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva, to whom A.S. Pushkin treated him with special warmth. The music paints a picture of bad weather, which is interpreted much more broadly than just winter storms, revealing the poet’s grief and sadness during Mikhailov’s exile. This is clearly indicated by the composer in musical images romance, where, however, there is a place for bright childhood memories.
The romance “Winter Evening” sounds.
In the 50s of the 20th century, interest in the work of Sergei Aleksandrovich Yesenin flared up. This also revived musical interest in his poetry; composers again turned to his poetic works. New works of vocal genres have appeared. Of these, the popular song-romances “You are my fallen maple” can be noted, where they manage to convey the lyrical intonation of Yesenin’s poetry, its confessionalism. And the song-romance “The Moon Above the Window” by composer Evgeny Popov, where in a soft, leisurely melody, reminiscent of images of ancient Russian waltzes, the true beauty Yesenin's poetry glorifying Russia.
The song-romance “There is a month above the window” is played.
Speaking about Yesenin’s works, I mentioned the term “romance song”. What is the peculiarity of such genre variety?
A romance song is a genre that is close to both a song due to the alternation of verses with the same melody, and to a romance due to a more refined interpretation poetic images, by the proximity of the musical language to professional music, by necessity musical accompaniment. Usually, romance songs are close not to the classical forms of romance, but to everyday ones.
Many modern composers develop romance intonation in their works with great interest. In this regard, the work of A. Rybnikov “I will never forget you” is typical - a song-romance from the music for the play “Juno and Avos”, as well as the song “And finally I will say” from the film “Cruel Romance” by Andrei Petrov.
The romance “I will never forget you” and the song “And finally I will say” are played.
Listening best works Russian romance, people experience the joy of communicating with authentic high art.
Our evening has come to an end. Thank you for your attention. See you again!
Natalia Odintsova
Scenario for the evening of romances “Old kind soul will warm you up"
Guests are seated at tables arranged in a small hall. On improvised stage - piano. There are lit candles on it.
On the front plan - small the table at which the presenter is located.
They sound romances performed by Yulia Priz (recording)
The words belong to the presenter.
Good afternoon, dear guests of our evenings. Today our meeting is dedicated to music, the queen of all arts and his majesty romance.
Music is a rainbow of colors of the world around us. She can tell you a lot and answer any, even the most unexpected questions. Music teaches us kindness and sensitivity, teaches us to see the amazing and extraordinary in the simplest and most understandable.
Gone are the elegies and stanzas,
But their times will come
Russian chant romance
My soul is conquered...
So we go to wonderful trip, into the world of Russian romance.
Talk about romance I wouldn't like to start with historical excursion into the history of the emergence and development of this wonderful genre, but I would like to make an attempt figure out: what is its nature, which makes you secretly listen to the lyrical melodiousness and sometimes amazing poetic syllable; and what it is now, and what it will be. These are the questions I would like to hear answers from you, dear viewers, participants evenings.
I'm turning to.
Tell me please, I know you perform great romances - soulful, heartfelt. Do you remember when your first meeting with this took place? musical genre. When romance settled in your heart?
(answer)
I think that the guests of our meeting will be happy to listen romance in your performance.
Let's open a music room with you encyclopedia: we read...
« Romance- chamber piece for voice with tool support, one or more. This term originated in Spain and originally meant a song in Spanish (Romanesque) language, and not in Latin, accepted in church hymns. Thus, the name emphasized the non-church, secular nature of the genre.”
Escort in romance, which initially created only support, a background for the voice, gradually became an equal part of the ensemble.
Romance is a complex genre. Difficult because you need to have qualities that can immediately distinguish you from the general amateur to the rank of master of this genre. And the most important thing, in my opinion, is the quality - intonation. A performer who has found his intonation essentially masters the genre, although he may not have any special vocal abilities. Romances, as they say, they sing with their souls.
This is the kind of performer present at our meeting; he is capable of many types of vocal art. But in the first place, in my opinion, is execution romances and lyrical ballads. I invite Dmitry Shevchenko to the instrument.
Certainly, romance is multifaceted, multi-genres. This is a classic romance, and urban, household romance- for us the most understandable and beloved. But no less bewitching and reverent romance-gypsy.
Listening to him, you picture in your mind's eye picture: steppe, full moon illuminates the gypsy tents, horses graze peacefully, silence and only the crackling of the fire, the sound of a guitar and the hand of the hand can be heard. singing from the soul, with anguish and some kind of universal melancholy. A gypsy can tell about love, about betrayal, and about a lot more. romance. I invite V.V. Vasiliev to the piano.
Now often in relation to romance the epithet is pronounced « old Russian romance» . But romance I've never been to Russia antique, was a new, fashionable and much loved genre. His power was all-consuming - from merchant mansions and taverns, to theatrical stage and court salons. And the diversity of the genre was so great that the border between romance and the song is still not very defined.
Urban romance is perhaps the most"young" romance song genre. But some of them have not lost their popularity for more than a century; their melody and words remain well-known.
Let's remember together the phrases from these popular romances. I'll start, and you continue.
"I was driving home-soul was full"
"White acacia clusters are fragrant"
"Coachman, don't drive the horses"
“The chrysanthemums in the garden have long since bloomed”
I see that these romances are your favorite, their poetic lines live in your hearts.
I invite you, dear viewers, to sing the famous city romance together.
(performed romance)
I am addressing ___
Tell me what it means to you romance? What this is the material for thought or rest for the soul?
(answer)
Do you think there is a future for this song genre?
(answer)
And of course we want to listen romance in your performance.
Talking about romance, one cannot help but recall the magnificent performers, thanks to whom romance firmly entered our lives, became loved and recognizable. This is Alexander Vertinsky, Varvara Panina, whom Blok called "divine Varya Panina", Kato Japaridze - owner of the beautiful low voice, soft heartfelt timbre, Vadim Kozin, Pyotr Leshchenko, Leonid Utesov. But I think that our current performers have captivated the audience no less than the celebrities. After all, they invested in their performance soul, emotions, bright feelings and gave this musical bouquet to us - the audience. Let's applaud them again.
At the end of our meeting, I would like to recall the words of one musical criticism: "Russian romance there is a special kind of phenomenon. Russian romance- this is a living lyrical response from the soul of the people.”
Really, romance has stood the test of time. It continues to develop. Perhaps it will take on new shapes. And you and I will witness the emergence of a new type of genre.
Thanks to our wonderful performers, accompanist___ and you, dear guests, for being with us.
Scenario for the evening “Russian Romance”
« Today I'm not at all afraid
With the twentieth century temporarily
Break up
Let me, I'm in love with you
I'll explain
High syllable of Russian
Romance"... Romance is a Spanish word. In medieval Spain, this word meant a secular song in Romanesque, i.e. Spanish. This term came to Russia from France. Romances were works written in French text. In contrast, works with Russian text were called “ Russian songs" Later, romances began to be called works for voice with accompaniment, with characteristic lyrical turns. “High romance”... This word is convenient to describe chamber vocal works created by professional composers with the words of professional poets. This is a romance in a tailcoat and bow tie, to be performed by a professional singer in a chamber concert and is not intended for everyday singing.
Romance has no “themes”, it has only one theme - love. Everything else: life and death, eternity and time, fate and its blows, faith and unbelief, loneliness and disappointment - only to the extent that it is connected with this main and only theme.
Romance is a tiny island in the ocean of existence. It can be easily recognized by its verbal composition. Drawing from Russian lyrics and Russian music, romance has become a most expressive phenomenon national culture and in turn significantly influenced the development of poetry and musical art, theatrical and variety genres, to cinema.
Russian romances of the first half of the 19th century. were not created for performance in concerts, their purpose was considered by the authors to be much more modest: to awaken a sense of beauty in a narrow circle of people meeting in a relaxed atmosphere. Confessional romances and confessional romances occupy an important place in this era. In them, the feeling of love, as a rule, does not seek its quenching, because the words addressed to the beloved or beloved are just emerging.
Number 1: sl. Nirkomsky, music. Gurilev "Mother Dove".
Many romances are based on true stories great love. Each such romance had its own muse. In 1825, M.I. Glinka wrote a romance based on the poems of E. Baratynsky. It was favorite piece many wonderful singers and singers. Who inspired the poet for this elegy? The most striking thing is that at the time of writing “Disbelief,” Evgeny Baratynsky, apparently, did not yet know love-passion - it would overtake him only a few years later. But perhaps his youthful love for Varenka Kuchina served as the impetus for the creation of the poem. Evgeniy saw Varenka when he lived on the family estate after being expelled from the Corps of Pages, walked with her, and sometimes they dined together. Maybe “Disbelief” was dictated not so much by disappointment in love, but by disappointment in oneself. Perhaps, by repeating “Forget your old dreams,” the poet wanted the opposite? M. Glinka’s music just revealed the second stage, the hidden meaning of the verse. Subsequently, Evgeny Baratynsky happily married and had many children. But in letters to friends, no, no, but complaints burst through, reminiscent of “Disbelief.”
Number 2: sl. E. Baratynsky, music. M. Glinka “Disbelief.”
In Russian poetry there are prophecy poems. One of them is Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev’s poem “On the Road”: “Foggy morning, gray morning”... Many years later, Yulia Abaza wrote a romance based on these poems. It was perceived as a reflection of Turgenev’s love for Pauline Viardot. Turgenev and Viardot met for the first time in 1843. Pauline Viardot was one of the most remarkable women of the 19th century. Great singer, intelligent and multi-talented, although very ugly, for many she became a symbol of female perfection. The daughter of Spanish artists, she was friendly with many thought leaders of her time. Franz Liszt gave her piano lessons. Her closest friend was the famous French writer George Sand, who wrote her Consuelo from Pauline Viardot. Chopin admired her not only as a singer, but also as a composer. Camille Saint-Saëns dedicated his opera Samson and Delilah to her. Poems by Pleshcheev and Benediktov were dedicated to her. Each time she left Russia, showered with precious gifts. But more valuable than gifts and all awards was Turgenev’s love for her. Turgenev's letters to Viardot are an amazing love affair that lasted 40 years. The writer’s friends recalled that Turgenev’s relationship with Viardot “was covered by some kind of sad fog.”
Pauline Viardot outlived Turgenev by twenty-seven years and died at a ripe old age in 1910. IN recent years In her life, she especially loved to remember her first meetings with Turgenev in Russia and told her grandchildren what a hero he was: a tall, powerful, gray-haired handsome man, with dazzling blue eyes.
Number 3: sl. I. Turgeneva, music. Yu. Abaza “Foggy Morning”.
IN musical heritage There are works from the 19th century that were written by composers based on poems by unknown authors. This is the romance “Don’t Awaken Memories” by Pyotr Petrovich Bulakhov. Little is known about the life of this composer. But from some of his daughter’s notes we learn about the difficult fate of P.P. Bulakhov. For example, for a significant part of his life he was confined to a chair with paralysis, and this was aggravated by severe financial situation in the last years of the composer's life. However, this did not affect his work in any way. The running theme of his romances is love lyrics.
Remembering the masterpieces of Russian vocal lyrics, it is impossible to ignore the work of Alexander Egorovich Varlamov. It is unlikely that in the entire history of Russian music there will be a composer with such a changeable creative destiny. And today his best romances continue to sound, touching with their sincerity. A.E. Varlamov is the author of essentially the first Russian “School of Singing”. Among his popular romances, “At Dawn Don’t Wake Her Up” stands out. The secret of his charm is hidden in the illusion that he creates, as if he is constantly changing (from verse to verse) musical material, whereas in fact the melody does not undergo any updating.
Number 5: sl. Feta, music A.E. Varlamova “Don’t wake her up at dawn.”
In mid-1822, he arrived at the Russian diplomatic mission in Munich. new employee, Fedor Ivanovich Tyutchev. He recently graduated from Moscow University and has been publishing poetry since the age of 15. Apparently, poetry was more of a leisure activity for him. Soon Tyutchev became a welcome guest in Munich court circles. At one of the social gatherings, he saw a girl of amazing beauty and felt bewitched and in love. Her name was Amalia Lerkhonfeld. She was the natural daughter of the Prussian king Frederick William III and the cousin of the wife of Nicholas I. Then, at the first meeting with Tyutchev, Amalia was only...14 years old. In 1826, Tyutchev married Eleanor Peterson. Amalia became the wife of the first secretary of the Russian embassy in Munich, Baron A.S. Krudener. Years passed. Tyutchev continued diplomatic service. Sometimes he wrote to Amalia, sometimes he asked about her in letters. And he always did not hide his joy if he met her, by accident or intentionally. Several years have passed. July 1870. Seriously ill Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev - by the end of the year he will be 67 years old... And suddenly new meeting with Amalia Krüdener. She is over sixty... It would seem that two old people have met, everything is in the past, everything is overgrown with the grass of oblivion. But... It’s as if the romantic young man had met the same girl who once upon a time, endlessly, endlessly ago, so shocked his imagination and heart!
I met you and everything happened
In the obsolete heart came to life;
I remembered the golden time -
And my heart felt so warm...
Number 6: sl. F. Tyutcheva, music. L. Malashkina “I met you.”
In 1984, Eldar Ryazanov’s film “Cruel Romance” was released, which was a film adaptation of A. N. Ostrovsky’s drama “Dowry”. “Cruel” meant fatal, fatally disastrous, when everything is to the highest degree of passion: if love is so incredible, unprecedented, unthinkable; if jealousy is so hellishly painful; if treachery is so treacherous and more terrible you can’t imagine, if separation is so swift, and melancholy is so sepulchral...
The romances and music in the film were written by Andrei Petrov. Written in the traditions of Russian classics, the music is essentially modern. It cannot be confused with the romances of the 19th century. For main character painting, in accordance with the director’s plan, A. Petrov had to write three romances at once. The first is “Under the caress of a plush blanket” to the poems of M. Tsvetaeva (when Larisa still hopes for happiness), the second is “Love - fairyland”, the third is Larisa’s main romance based on the poems of Bella Akhmadulina “And in the end I will say.”
Number 7: sl. B. Akhmadulina, music. A. Petrova “And finally, I will say.”
The romance changes, then it becomes more complicated, becomes an extended monologue or confession, then it returns to a simple and clear form. But always - and in our days, as in the past - romance cannot live a day without love.
“The romance is sad, alarming and bright,
And to you it is incomprehensible in every word
The revelation itself comes
How you once entered my destiny.”
