On the Authorship of “Antiphons from the ‘Funeral Rite for Bishops’ ”

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DOI 10.34690/410

Author Natalya Yu. Plotnikova

Affiliation Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory

Email n_y_plotnikova@mail.ru

ORCID

0000-0001-7406-7740

Abstract

The article examines the problem of the choral “Antiphons” authorship from the rare liturgical rite of funeral services for bishops. The author surveys and develops the theses and arguments presented in the article by M. P. Rakhmanova on the same topic. The process of creating the “Antiphons,” completed by March 1957, is restored on the basis of the correspondence of Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky) who wrote the text of the Rite, as well as on recollections of him. As a result of the harmony, texture, and dynamic profile analysis, it was concluded that the composition shows a certain limitation of the means of expression, as well as some deviations from the traditions of Orthodox liturgical singing practice. The article contains new materials concerning the author of the cycle, Nikolai L’vovich Kachalov (1911–1997). The hypothesis about the authorship of D. B. Kabalevsky is recognized as untenable.

Keywords musical textology, history of Soviet music, Russian liturgical music, “Funeral Rite for Bishops”, Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky), D. B. Kabalevsky, N. L. Kachalov

For citation

Plotnikova, N. Yu. “On the Authorship of ‘Antiphons from the “Funeral Rite for Bishops” ’,” Muzykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], no. 3, 2024, pp. 24—33, doi:10.34690/410. (In Russ.)

Published 10.06.2024

Approved 01.07.2024

Submitted 27.09.2024

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