title: The East in the Works of Charles Griffes
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metadata.value: Krom, Anna E.
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metadata.value: 2020-03-20T10:04:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-03-20T10:04:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Krom, Anna. “The East in the Works of Charles Griffes”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 10, no. 1 (2020): 3–16.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2020.101
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17249
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metadata.value: The article is devoted to the oriental compositions of the American composer Charles Griffes
  (1884–1920), created in the 1910s. These include the symphonic poem “The Pleasure-Dome of
  Kubla Khan” (1912–1917), the vocal cycle “Five Poems of Ancient China and Japan” for voice
  and piano (1916–1917), and the Japanese pantomime “Sho-Jo” (1917). Significant creative contacts
  (Eva Gauthier, A. Coomaraswamy, E. Bloch, A. Bolm, M. Ito), extensive reading, fascination
  with folklore, poetry, painting, and philosophy of Asian countries led to the formation of his
  own method of working with oriental materials. The composer saw prospects for the interaction
  of Western and Eastern music in his address to the archaic, to the stylization of ancient folklore.
  An example is the music for the pantomime “Sho-Jo” and the cycle “Five Poems of Ancient China
  and Japan.” Natural modes (pentatonic modes), organ points, ascetic quarto-quinto-second
  verticals, spatial sound, and rhythmic ostinato allow us to draw parallels with new folkloristics,
  in particular, with the works of I. F. Stravinsky. In the symphonic poem “The Pleasure-Dome
  of Kubla Khan,” the European influences at the forefront are associated with the study of the
  “Russian” East (first of all the writings of N. Rimsky-Korsakov) and the French oriental pieces
  by C. Debussy and M. Ravel. Colorful in mood and harmony, a multi-layered texture, and spicy
  timbers testify to the features of impressionism. The technique of orchestral writing enables us to
  find similarities with Ravel’s “Sheherazade” Overture. Also, the works of Griffes brightly revealed
  features of the Art Nouveau style: the image of dance, the increased interest in the element of
  water, ornamental melodies-arabesques, and the independence of timber layers.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 10; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Charles Griffes
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Five Poems of Ancient China and Japan
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sho-Jo
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Eva Gauthier
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: orientalism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: American music of the first quarter of the twentieth century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: impressionism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: modern style
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: new folkloristics
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The East in the Works of Charles Griffes
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metadata.value: Article
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