CELLO SONATA NO. 1 BY IVAN KARABYTS: IMAGINARY AND MUSICAL-EXPRESSIVENESS ASPECTS

Abstract

The article is aimed at revealing the stylistic features of one of the best samples of chamberinstrumental music – Cello Sonata No. 1 by the Ukrainian composer Ivan Karabyts. A comprehensive analysis of the work written in 1968 was carried out. The idea of a laconic one-part ensemble composition outlines a number of contrasting images, moods, emotions in the most varied nuances: from the lyrical contemplation of the exposition, through the heightened dramatic beginning of the middle episode, to the emotional burst of the reprise. The masterpiece shows a wide palette of contrasts and dynamic gradations. The artist's progressive approach to the architecture and dramaturgy of the composition has been established. The idea of the composition is laid out in the form of a rondo-sonata with the use of an episode as the middle part of the structure. Design of the episode is marked by the introduction of a virtuoso cello cadence. The sequence of tempos and recommendations for each section declared by the composer are unconventional for a sonata allegro: Allegretto, Andante (rubato), Allegretto. Features of polystylism in the work are noted: the palette of romantic images is realized with the help of innovative compositional techniques – aleatoricism, pointillism. The traditional major-minor system gives way to atonality. Among the dominant principles of development in the work, a kaleidoscopic juxtaposition of various thematic constructions, improvisation, and a variant principle of development were observed. The alternation of dialogic and monologic types of presentation in the ratio of cello and piano parts is noted. The transformation of bright images of the exposition into a series of expressive and dramatic moods in a dynamic reprise is traced thanks to the use of variant thematic material and the application of multi-layering.