Olga Katalikova

Grand Piano―the Audiovisual Hero of the Soviet Cinema Screen

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DOI 10.34690/189

Author Olga Ya. Katalikova

Affiliation Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Moscow, Russia

Email olgasid92@yandex.ru

ORCID

0000-0002-8193-5726

Abstract

The article is devoted to special cases of the use of the piano in Soviet film music: not only as part of the score, but also as a direct “participant” of the screen action. This usually happens in films with revolutionary and historical themes, as well as in film adaptations of Russian literary classics in scenes of home music. However, among the many films where the instrument appears on the screen, it is necessary to note a number of absolute masterpieces in which the use of the piano is marked by unique solutions. The article considers examples of this kind from the films “New Babylon” (music by D. Shostakovich) “A Strict Young Man” (music by G. Popov), “Funny Guys” (music by I. Dunaevsky).

Keywords grand piano, cinema, cinema music, Dmitry Shostakovich, Gavriil Popov, Isaak Dunayevsky

For citation

Katalikova, O. Ya. “Grand Piano―the audiovisual hero of the Soviet cinema screen.” Muzykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], no. 3, 2021, pp. 198–210, doi:10.34690/189. (In Russ.)