The problem of musical and performing development of S. Prokofiev's cycle "Children's Music" in the educational process

Kezevadze Tamara G.

The article is devoted to the study of the problem of musical and executive development of S. Prokofiev's cycle "Children's Music". The practical development of "Children's Music" is associated with the need to learn the composer's piano style, its specifics, and its innovation. The article defines the intonation and design features of the musical language. The author considers the plays in which the personality traits and creative tendencies of Prokofiev's art are most fully revealed. The distinctive features of Prokofiev's handwriting are revealed: original harmony, unusual melodic turns, colorful modulation moves, acoustic stratification of texture, logic, dynamics and phrasing. The author analyzes the peculiarities of melodics – song, recitative, and "synthetic". The important questions of Prokofiev's polyphony in "Children's Music", which are poorly illuminated by researchers, are touched upon, as well as the question of the performance of the motional structures of "short breath".

Keywords:the album of piano pieces "Children's Music" by S. Prokofiev, the specifics of the new, modern language, the originality of the composer's musical thinking, the originality of his melody, harmony, rhythm, texture.