New children's composers. Album of Soviet children's music - brief information about the composers

Children's music, like children's songs, has always existed. In the 19th century, entire musical cycles were created intended for young listeners. Children's Melodies wrote:

1. Schumann,
2. Ravel,
3. Debussy,
4. Chaikovsky.

Modern composers have not ignored this genre either. In Soviet times, there was a real boom in children's songs associated with the advent of cartoons and numerous feature films for an audience of kids. The authors of melodies worked together with outstanding poets, such as

1. V. I. Lebedev-Kumach,
2. A. Barto,
3. S. Ya.,
4. S.V. Mikhalkov and others.

Famous composers –

1. I.O. Dunaevsky,
2. V. Shainsky,
3. D.B. Kabalevsky

– created funny children's songs-masterpieces. Until now, we continue to listen to them with pleasure, hum them, and today, with the advent of the Internet, you can simply download melodies and enjoy listening to them.

Children's songs by modern composers are filled with cheerfulness and optimism. And although many of them were written half a century ago, they remain relevant for today’s generation. Most famous composers– G. Gladkov and V. Shainsky. They probably wrote the largest number of children's melodies. Among them are danceable, and simply cheerful, lively, and uplifting. You can listen to them online or download them from our website to your computer.

Gladkov

G. Gladkov – real children's composer. He owns songs from such famous films as:

• "The Children of Captain Grant",
• "Little Red Riding Hood",
• cartoons "Plasticine Crow"
• "By pike command»,
• “About Fedot – Sagittarius”, etc.

You can also listen to these melodies on our website, and also download them if necessary.

Click on the picture to download the album Merry Disco by G. Gladkov:

There are, however, modern composers who are not so famous among the youth of our time, but no less significant in the history of children's songs. Their popularity is less not because their works are difficult to find, listen to or download on the Internet: today such a problem arises extremely rarely. It's just that their tunes don't meet the needs of the general public. If V. Shainsky created mainly dance melodies that are easy to move to, and, therefore, they can be used at children's parties, when staging dance numbers in circles, etc., then, for example, Evgenia Zaritskaya and her work do not meet these requirements. Evgenia Zaritskaya organized the children's show group "SAMANTA", and the works were written mainly for her repertoire. Zaritskaya’s songs are good to perform in choirs and in thematic performances. And although they, like the songs of other composers, can be sad and cheerful, telling about good and evil, they cannot yet be called truly folk.

Chorus Giant

The repertoire is very popular among modern children's songs children's choir Giant.

Song "Oh it will be cool":

“A young horse galloped into the field”

Barbariki

Song about a hare:

Song "Aram Zam Zam":

Song “Plague Spring” with Smeshariki:

Of course, modern children's songs are not limited to what was created in Soviet times. Composers continue to write music for children, which can be easily downloaded or listened to on the Internet. The performers of cheerful modern melodies are, as before, children who bring new intonations and manner of performance to topics familiar to us. These could be old children's songs modern processing or an unusual performance that is unfamiliar to our ears. Composers actively borrow foreign melodies, translating the text or creating their own work based on what they hear. Music adapts to the current reality, and children's songs do not lag behind their genre counterparts. If you want to listen to or download children's songs, you can easily do this on our website. Even if you are an elderly person, children's music will lift your spirits, remind you of the golden days, and you will once again feel the only happiness on earth given only to children - to always be yourself. Let the songs give you inspiration!

Let's go to Germany, which gave the world so many wonderful musicians. To get to know them, we have to go back more than 300 years. Here we will meet with George Frideric Handel. Not far from the town where Handel was born, another great composer was born - Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach was born into a family that is considered the largest musical dynasty in Germany. In some medieval German dialects, the surname “Bach” became a common noun and acquired the meaning “city musician”.

Next we go to Bonn. Ludwig van Beethoven is waiting for the guys here. This is the house where the composer lived, this is the room in which he was born. And here is the Market Square. This is approximately how Beethoven saw her. All this can be seen. Just like Beethoven himself once upon a time, we go to visit Joseph Haydn, a recognized Viennese authority in the field of instrumental music.

We are going to Austria. Franz Joseph Haydn born on March 31, 1732 in Lower Austria, the whole life of the composer passes before us. Here you can see the house in which Haydn was born. here we find ourselves at an interesting concert. When there are few musicians and audience and everyone seems to have known each other for a long time, it turns out to be a home concert. Then you can visit the Haydn House Museum in the suburbs of Vienna.

From Vienna we go to the famous Salzburg. What is the city famous for? Because it was here that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born. We find ourselves in the capital of a small principality. Here is a street in old Salzburg. Mozart probably walked here. This is the house where Mozart was born. The whole life of the great composer is before us. Read Tales of the Old Cricket - Sunny bunny Mozart, you can’t tell a better story about Mozart.

Great is the power of music. Different musical styles affect us differently. Mozart's music has a unique ability to heal. How and what scientists have found out about music that can heal. What kind of music is recommended for children to listen to? All this can be found here.

And we set off further on our journey awaiting us... again Germany, city of Zwickau. It was here that the German composer and pianist Robert Schumann was born. Here we will see the Schumann House. We learn a lot of interesting things from the composer’s biography. We will see the Monument to R. Schumann in Zwickau, and visit the grave of Robert and Clara Schumann.

We continue our journey. We have to get to Austria-Hungary, Franz Liszt is waiting for us there, then our path lies in Poland. There we will meet the great Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin. Like Glinka's music, Chopin’s works are thoroughly permeated with Slavic intonations. The music itself calls us back to our homeland. We go to Russia

Here M.I. Glinka, A.S. Dargomyzhsky, A.P. Borodin, M.P. Mussorgsky, P.I. Tchaikovsky, N.A. Rimsky - Korsakov are waiting for us.

In order for our interesting trip continued, the information will be constantly updated.

Children's music has always had a special meaning in the works of many composers. It reflected the memories associated with the most beautiful time in every person’s life - childhood.

Children's music surrounds the young generation everywhere, from their first games to everyday trips on public transport. However, what children will listen to at the age when they can choose for themselves depends largely on their parents, so it would not be a bad idea to instill aesthetic culture, starting from preschool age - this is the emphasis of both teachers and psychologists. In addition, researchers have long proven that classical music has a beneficial effect on a child’s creative and mental abilities.

Nowadays, musical works for children are very relevant and have important educational, social and professional significance. They help develop imagination imaginative thinking, personality development, choice of profession, etc.

Children's music is intended to be heard and performed by children. Her best images are characterized by concreteness, lively poetic content, imagery, simplicity and clarity of form.

Musical works for children are often based on folk tales, pictures of nature, images of the animal world.

Works are written in accordance with their performance capabilities. IN vocal works the range of the voice, the peculiarities of sound production and diction of children of a certain age, choral training, and in instrumental pieces the degree of technical difficulty are taken into account. A range of musical works accessible to children and performed in children's audiences. Children's songs exist in folk art(round dance songs, counting rhymes, jokes).

Independent section musical creativity compose works based on subjects from children's lives, designed to be performed by professional artists and not specifically intended for a children's audience. Classic examples of this kind of music include P. I. Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker,” called by B. V. Asafiev “a brilliant symphony of childhood,” and the cycle of romances “Children’s Room” by M. P. Mussorgsky, in which the composer penetrated with amazing force into the world of the children’s room. psychology, "Children's Scenes" for piano by R. Schumann, orchestral suite "Children's Play" by J. Bizet. Inextricably linked with poetic children's images is the lullaby song, which has found various interpretations, as in folk music, and in song, instrumental and operatic creativity composers.

Children's music has become widespread in the works of Soviet composers. Among major works for children - symphonic tale"Peter and the Wolf" by S. S. Prokofiev. Many works by Soviet composers are based on fairy tales: the operas “Masha and the Bear” and “Morozko” by M. I. Krasev, “The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish” by L. A. Polovinkin, etc. Ballets: “The Stork” by D. L. Klebanov , “Doctor Aibolit” by I. V. Morozov (according to K. I. Chukovsky), etc. Many songs and instrumental works written by Soviet composers for children's radio broadcasting, for children's performances drama theaters, children's films. In 1965 the Moscow Children's Center was founded Musical Theatre- the only one in the world. A lot of work leads the International Society for Music Education.

2. 2 Domestic and foreign composers - authors of children's music

Many of the composers wrote children's music. Among the most famous are both foreign and domestic composers:

1. J. S. Bach

2. R. Schumann

3. J. Brahms

4. P. I. Tchaikovsky

5. A. K. Lyadov

6. A. K Debussy

7. B. Bartok

8. S. S. Prokofiev

9. D. D. Shostakovich

10. B. Britten

11. V. Sviridov

12. E. Krylatov

Bach Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) – German composer, organist, harpsichordist. The philosophical depth of content and high ethical meaning of Bach's works placed his work among the masterpieces of world culture. Summarized the achievements of the musical art of the transition period from Baroque to Classicism. An unsurpassed master of polyphony. “The Well-Tempered Clavier” (1722-1744), Mass in B minor (c. 1747-1749), “St. John’s Passion” (1724), “Matthew’s Passion” (1727 or 1729), St. 200 sacred and secular cantatas, instrumental concerts, numerous works for organ.

Children's music also touched Bach. Let's imagine this picture. A man in a powdered wig, surrounded by children, sits at a harpsichord. He composes, the children listen with interest. This is their father - the greatest composer J. S. Bach. Next to them is Anna Magdalena - mother, singer. For her, Bach creates simple pieces, which will then be included in two “Note Books of Anna Magdalena Bach.” Bach's children learn to play from these notebooks, and then they will open the way to music for all the children of the world. J. S. Bach also wrote music for his children. And four sons even became composers:

Wilhelm Friedemann (1710-1784), “Gallic” Bach, composer and organist, improviser.

Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788), “Berlin” or “Hamburg” Bach, composer and harpsichordist; his work, akin to the Sturm und Drang literary movement, influenced the composers of the Viennese classical school.

Johann Christian (1735-1782), "Milanese" or "London" Bach, composer and harpsichordist, representative gallant style, influenced the work of young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1795), “Bückeburg” Bach, composer, harpsichordist, bandmaster.

Robert Schumann (1810-1856) – German composer and musical critic. An exponent of the aesthetics of German romanticism. Creator of program piano cycles (“Butterflies”, 1831; “Carnival”, 1835; “Fantastic Pieces”, 1837; “Kreisleriana”, 1838), lyric-dramatic vocal cycles(“The Poet’s Love”, “Circle of Songs”, “Love and Life of a Woman”, all 1840); contributed to the development of romantic piano sonata and variations (“Symphonic Etudes”, 2nd edition 1852). Opera "Genoveva" (1848), oratorio "Paradise and Peri" (1843), 4 symphonies, concert for piano and orchestra (1845), chamber and choral works, music for dramatic poem"Manfred" by J. Byron (1849).

R. Schumann dedicated a significant part of his work to children. His plays “The Brave Rider”, “The Cheerful Peasant”, “March of the Soldiers” were included in the “Album for Youth”. Each play is a complete miniature picture. Many of Schumann's songs are very easy to perform. "Children's Scenes" - more complex works, but they also reveal the world of children's fun, joys and sorrows, and paint pictures of the environment.

Brahms Johannes (1833-1897) – German composer. From 1862 he lived in Vienna. He performed as a pianist and conductor. Brahms' symphony is distinguished by an organic combination of Viennese-classical traditions and romantic imagery. 4 symphonies, overtures, concerts for instruments and orchestra, “German Requiem” (1868), chamber instrumental ensembles, works for piano (“Hungarian Dances”, 4 notebooks, 1869-1880).

Even J. Brahms wrote children's music. He had many choirs vocal ensembles, as well as children's songs.

P. I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Russian composer. Brother of M.I. Tchaikovsky. Subtle psychologist, master symphonist, musical playwright.

Tchaikovsky revealed in music inner world man (from lyrical sincerity to the deepest tragedy), created the highest examples of operas, ballets, symphonies, and chamber works.

The theme of children runs through all of Tchaikovsky's work. This is evidenced by even a simple listing of works, which can be conditionally divided into two groups.

The first is the children's pedagogical repertoire (Children's album, 12 pieces of difficulty, “Chorus of insects and flowers”).

The second is works that can be addressed to children's perception; they are usually used fairy tale images and plots (Children's songs, ballets “The Nutcracker”, “Sleeping Beauty”).

In fact, Tchaikovsky’s “Children’s Songs”, covered with a melancholic, sad feeling, are an appeal to the images of a long-gone past.

Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer to create an album for children piano pieces. It was easy for him to do this because he understood and loved children. For many years he lived in a large friendly family his sister, Alexandra Ilyinichna Davydova, in Ukraine, in the village of Kamenka. There Pyotr Ilyich always felt at home and at home.

We learn about his sympathies for children from a letter to von Meck, an admirer and friend of the composer: “My nephews and nieces are such rare and sweet children that it is a great happiness for me to be among them.”

When composing “Children’s Album,” the composer was concerned not only with music playing in the Davydov family. He carried out his long-standing plan - “to contribute to the best of his ability to enrich the children's musical literature who is not very rich. "Children's Album" was written in the summer of 1878. This collection, consisting of 24 small pieces - piano miniatures - contains the whole life of a child. Many pieces in the collection can be roughly combined into small suites. For example, a number of plays are dedicated to the story of dolls, others paint pictures of Russian life, and several more plays tell about foreign countries.

The children's theme is inseparable from mother's love. It is no coincidence that the image of childhood is a child calmly dozing in a cradle over which the mother is bending. The world of childhood as an ideal of good is conflictingly compared by Tchaikovsky with the world of real evil. The abundance of lullabies in Tchaikovsky’s work and the composer’s passion for implementing this genre not only in vocal but also in instrumental music are striking.

Lyadov Anatoly Konstantinovich (1855-1914) - Russian composer, conductor. Member of the Belyaevsky circle. Master of symphonic and piano miniatures. Symphonic paintings “Baba Yaga” (1904), “Kikimora” (1909) and others (on fairy tales), adaptations of Russian folk songs.

The life and work of A.K. Lyadov are connected with St. Petersburg, with Russian music.

A. Lyadov’s native element is Russian song, Russian fabulousness. The composer-miniaturist's talent was most fully and completely expressed in the colorful orchestral works for children Baba Yaga and Kikimora. Russian fairy tales have always delighted A. Lyadov with their mystery and bizarre fantasy. They awakened his imagination, turning into colorful musical images that he conveyed to children in his music.

Debussy Claude (1862-1918) – French composer, founder of musical impressionism. His compositions are characterized by poetry, grace of melody, sophistication, and unsteadiness of musical images. The basis of creativity is software instrumental music: "Prelude to " Afternoon rest Faun" (1894), triptych "Nocturnes" (1899) for orchestra. Opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” (1902), ballets, poem for voice, women’s choir and orchestra “The Chosen Virgin” (1888), piano works.

Piano Suite " Children's Corner"Dedicated to Debussy's daughter. The desire to reveal in music the world of 1918 through the eyes of a child in the images familiar to him - a strict teacher, a doll, a little shepherd, a toy elephant - forces Debussy to widely use both everyday dance and song genres, and genres of professional music in a grotesque, caricatured form.

Bartok Bela (1881-1945) – Hungarian composer, pianist and musicologist-folklorist. Born into the family of the director of an agricultural school, an amateur musician and a teacher.

In 1899-1903 he studied at the Budapest Liszt Academy of Music.

Children all over the world play the music of the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók: “Ten Easy Pieces”, “Children”, “15 Hungarian Peasant Songs”, “Romanian Christmas Songs”, “Microcosmos”. "Freshness and unusualness musical language Bartók, are primarily associated with Hungarian folk art. He was the first composer to discover Hungarian folklore and made the whole world marvel at its brightness and originality,” wrote composer E. Denisov. Bartók's most significant children's series is Microcosmos. By calling this cycle “Little Universe,” he wanted to emphasize the universal orientation of the collection.

Continuing the tradition, many domestic composers create bright, interesting children's music.

Prokofiev Sergei Sergeevich (1891-1953) - Russian Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, National artist Russia (1947), Lenin Prize(1957, posthumously), State Prize USSR (1943, 1946 - three times, 1947, 1951).

Sergei Prokofiev can safely be called the sun of Russian music of the twentieth century, his work is filled with powerful vitality, dazzling light, imbued with boundless love for life, for man, for nature. Even in the saddest, most dramatically intense tragic pages of his music, where the clouds sometimes thicken, almost to the point of complete blackness, we always feel that somewhere out there, behind these clouds, the sun continues to shine, and it will definitely shine above again. us, will definitely triumph over any bad weather. The art of our century is a restless art. The worries and anxieties of the modern world affected him. We clearly feel on it the traces of military storms, which brought humanity an infinite amount of suffering and grief.

S. Prokofiev often and willingly turned to fairy tales, beloved and close to children. Also in early years he composed the music for the text famous fairy tale Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling", and in mature years based fairy-tale plots on his wonderful ballets “Cinderella” and “The Tale of stone flower" Among the “fairy-tale” works we will find the most poetic piano pieces “Tales of an Old Grandmother” and the mischievous ballet “a fairy tale about a jester who tricked seven jesters.” And next to these Russian fairy tale ballets stands an opera permeated with the same sharp humor based on the plot of an Italian fairy tale. Carlo Gozzi"The Love of Three Oranges" This also includes the symphonic fairy tale “Peter and the Wolf,” beloved by children all over the world, by listening to which, children not only receive great pleasure, but also visually familiarize themselves with the main instruments of a symphony orchestra.

Shostakovich Dmitry Dmitrievich (1906-1975) - Russian Soviet composer, People's Artist of the USSR (1954), Doctor of Art History, Hero of Socialist Labor (1966), Lenin Prize (1958), State Prize of the USSR (1941, 1942, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1968), State Prize of the RSFSR (1974), International Peace Prize (1954), Sibelius Prize, honorary member of academies and doctor of universities in many countries of the world.

In a number of piano pieces for children, D. Shostakovich opens his musical and figurative sphere. In this regard, the pieces for beginning musicians from the “Children's Notebook” op. 69 and "Dance of the Dolls". These children's plays surprise with their amazing naturalness and optimism. The simplicity and intelligibility of the images, the ease of execution give every reason to include these collections in children's repertoire. The titles of the plays of D. Shostakovich's "Children's Notebook" (1944–1945), their diversity of imagery and musical programming speak for themselves. For example, “Sad fairy tale” and cheerful, bright “ A funny fairy tale"; “The Bear” is a play in which the image of a clumsy bear cub is shown through frequently repeated moves at wide intervals; mechanical, built on the monotony of the melody “Clockwork Doll”; tremulous "Waltz"; cheerful active “March”. All these plays embody a specific artistic image, which is very important for young musicians who are just beginning their studies in children's music schools.

Britten Benjamin (1913-1976) – English composer, pianist, conductor. Revived English musical theater. Combined national musical traditions 16-17 centuries with modern musical means. The operas Peter Grimes (1945), Albert Herring (1947), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1960), chamber operas, including The Turn of the Screw (1954); vocal and symphonic works “Ballad of Heroes”, “War Requiem” (1961), “Cantata of Mercy” (1963), etc.

Composer B. Britten was very involved in children's music. He created a collection of many school songs. Songs from this collection are popular among English schoolchildren. The cycle “Ritual Christmas Songs” was written to be performed by children accompanied by a harp. The best songs are “Frosty Winter”, “Oh My Darling”. Britten's Guide to the Orchestra became famous - a unique work that introduces the listener to the modern symphony orchestra.

Sviridov Georgy Vasilievich (1915-1998) – Russian composer, pianist, People's Artist of the USSR (1970), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Lenin Prize (1960), USSR State Prize (1946, 1968, 1980). State Prize Russian Federation (1994).

Sviridov’s “Album of Plays for Children” attracts with its clarity, simplicity of musical language, sincerity of feelings, bright national flavor. The composer continued the traditions coming from Tchaikovsky’s “Children’s Album”. The 17 pieces of Sviridov’s “Album” are a string of miniatures of different nature: lyrical, fabulous, dance, marching. Among them there are landscape plays and play scenes.

Krylatov Evgeny Pavlovich (1934) – Russian composer. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (1959). Since 1967 he has worked in cinema, author of music for feature films and animated films(“Property of the Republic”, 1971; “Oh, this Nastya”, 1971; “And that’s all about him”, 1977).

Music for children occupies a special place in Krylatov’s work. This includes the ballet “Tsvetik-Semitsvetik”, and music for MTYUZE performances, and for radio plays, and, finally, songs.

More than one generation of children has grown up listening to the wonderful songs of the composer Krylatov - such as: “Lullaby of the Bear”, “Forest Deer”, “Swallow”, “ Winged swing", "Beautiful Far Away", "Three White Horses" and other wonderful songs. In practice, there is not a single choral group or ensemble whose repertoire does not include works by Krylaty.

2. 3 Sociological survey

The sociological survey was conducted at the children's music school in Norilsk, Kayerkan district. 34 people were interviewed average age which was 23 years old. Among the respondents were students from different departments music school, and teachers.

To the question: “Which of the listed composers do you think is most famous as the author of children's music?” Most of all voted for Tchaikovsky - 20.6%, Bach - 14.7% and Krylatov and Prokofiev - 11.8% each. The middle category included Schumann and Debussy - 8.8% each, Shostakovich and Brahms - 6% each. Lyadov and Britten had the fewest votes - 3% each, and Sviridov - 0%.

The survey results indicate that indeed the most famous composers who wrote children's music are P.I. Tchaikovsky, J.S. Bach, since they actually have a lot of children's works of various genres.

CONCLUSION

Composers identified from literary sources different eras who composed music for children. Nowadays it is performed not only by professional musicians, but also by children (songs, instrumental pieces). Many composers wrote children's music for various reasons: some to teach their own children, others simply out of love for them.

Domestic composers of the 20th century continue the traditions of their predecessors and create bright, interesting instrumental children's music. It was during this era that music flourished, because previously it was available only to wealthy families. Also, composers, without simplifying their musical language, composed it in such a way that children could cope with technical difficulties.

The work shows the features of children's music and reveals its significance in the life of every composer.

Many of us managed to get from the 20th century to the 21st without a time machine. As they say, we live at the junction of two centuries. Therefore, when talking about who modern composers are and what century they belong to, we must take this into account. More recently, modernity was considered the 20th century. But when the 21st came, previous century automatically became the past.

Terminology

Before you start talking about the stated topic, you should decide on the necessary terminology. Firstly, what is classical music as such? Secondly, who are modern composers? An interesting opinion from Stephen Fry will help you understand these issues. His history books classical music so delightful that sometimes it is impossible to tear yourself away from them. He defines the issues posed very clearly and very clearly.

Classical music. If we consider this term in the narrow sense of the word, it becomes clear that it refers to a fairly short period of classicism that dominated from 1750 to 1830. IN in a broad sense Classical is any serious music that requires listening attention and some emotional effort.

Modern composers. It is generally accepted that classical music has stood the test of time. Accordingly, how can it be modern? A certain metamorphosis occurred precisely when we moved into the 21st century, leaving the 20th in the past. So it turns out that modern classical composers belong to the 20th century. What then to do with classical music in the 21st century? What is meant here is that it is used in the broad sense of the word - as serious music that makes you think and requires some kind of emotional effort.

Great Russian composers of the 20th century. List

The list below is not chronological, but alphabetical order. Of course, it is possible to single out or point out particularly outstanding ones. But since all these individuals - the brightest representatives of their century, they can safely be called so - the great modern composers of the 20th century. It's not just composers born at the turn of the 20th century that are listed. Their works were already known during this period of time, or their creativity flourished in the 20th century.

Foreign composers of the 20th century. List

Russian composers of the 21st century

It is impossible to assign some music creators to a particular century. After all, many works of modern composers were published and deserved worthy attention both in the 20th century and in the 21st. This is especially true for living composers who managed to become famous for their highly artistic creations in the last century and continue to compose music in the current one. We are talking about Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina and others.

However, there are also little-known Russian composers of the 21st century who created wonderful compositions, but their names did not manage to become popular.

• Batagov Anton.
• Bakshi Alexander.
• Ekimovsky Victor.
• Karmanov Pavel.
• Korovitsyn Vladimir.
• Markelov Pavel.
• Martynov Vladimir.
• Pavlova Alla.
• Pekarsky Mark.
• Savalov Yuri.
• Savelyev Yuri.
• Sergeeva Tatyana.

This list can be significantly expanded.

About contemporary composers

Pekarsky Mark (b. 1940). He became famous for his ensemble percussion instruments. The atmosphere at his concerts is conducive to laughter, since the composer can make good jokes while performing music (and during breaks).

Martynov Vladimir (b. 1946) - minimalist composer. It combines religiosity and “advancement.” The modern master of serious music is able to convey a lot with minimal means.

Ekimovsky Victor (b. 1947). His programmatic works with bright titles attract attention. These are “B” (music written for flutes and phonogram), “Siamese Concerto” (intended for two pianos), “Sublimations” (for symphony orchestra), “27 Destructions” (for percussion instruments) and many others.

(b. 1951). In her works one can feel the influence of A. Scriabin's music. Lots of flight, vibrations, fire. The second piano concerto attracts the attention of listeners with its dynamic development and sudden finale, which takes the listener to the Middle Ages and then brings him back.

Alla Pavlova (b. 1952) - emigrant composer. Currently lives in America. Her music is melodic and sad and sorrowful at the same time. She wrote six symphonies in minor keys, which are entire tragedies.

As we can see, the music of modern composers is diverse, amazing and attractive. Many of the creators love experiments and are looking for new forms. These include Bakshi Alexander (b. 1952). Among his works, “Unanswered Call”, written for violin, especially stands out, 6-7 mobile phones and string orchestra.

Markelov Pavel (b. 1967). One of his favorite areas is sacred music. He wrote symphonies for orchestra, free verse sonatas for piano, and 20 bell symphonies.

Children's contemporary composers

Prominent representatives are Yuri Savalov, Vladimir Korovitsyn, Yuri Savelyev.

Yuri Savalov was a talented composer, an excellent teacher and a wonderful arranger. He enthusiastically led the orchestra at the Children's Music School. He was and good performer. He played keyboards and wind instruments. Each of his nine piano pieces has a subtitle: “Mother”, “Confession”, “Wind of Wandering”, “Inspiration”, “Ball in the Prince’s Castle”, “Prelude”, “March”, “Waltz”, “Lullaby”. They are all very interesting, diverse and beautiful.

Vladimir Korovitsyn was born in 1955. His work consists of music written in various romances, spiritual works written for choir, chamber and symphony orchestra. For children, he wrote a collection of children's songs called "Rejoice in the Sun" and "Children's Album" for piano. The plays are an excellent addition to the students' repertoire. The names of the plays accurately reflect their character and mood: “Thumbelina”, “Wooden Shoes”, “Variations of a Peasant with an Accordion”, “Emelya Rides on the Stove”, “Sad Princess”, “Girls’ Round Dance”.

Songs for children

Children's songs by modern composers are filled with optimism and cheerfulness. Despite the fact that some of them were created half a century ago, they remain not only relevant, but also quite modern. The most considered are V. Shainsky, I. Dunaevsky, D. Kabalevsky, G. Gladkov. We listen to their cheerful and playful songs with great pleasure, sing them ourselves and together with the children.

Not everyone knows that it was G. Gladkov who owned the melodies from such popular films and cartoons such as “Little Red Riding Hood”, “About Fedot the Archer”, “Children of Captain Grant”, “At the Order of the Pike”, “Plasticine Crow” and others.

Another legendary creator modern songs for children - V. Shainsky. He has over three hundred of them. It is enough to listen to “The Blue Carriage”, “Piggy”, “Chunga-Changa”, “Antoshka” and many others to understand how talented a composer he is.

So, modern composers are considered to be not only living or recently deceased composers of the 21st century, but also masters of the 20th century. Both of them created music of different genres and different characteristics, worthy of attention from listeners and musicologists.

Classical composers are known all over the world. Each name of a musical genius is a unique individuality in the history of culture.

What is classical music

Classical music is enchanting melodies created by talented authors who are rightly called classical composers. Their works are unique and will always be in demand by performers and listeners. Classical, on the one hand, is usually called strict, deeply meaningful music that is not related to the following genres: rock, jazz, folk, pop, chanson, etc. On the other hand, in historical development music there is a period of the late XIII - early XX centuries, called classicism.

Classical themes are distinguished by sublime intonation, sophistication, variety of shades and harmony. They have a positive effect on the emotional worldview of adults and children.

Stages of development of classical music. Their brief description and main representatives

In the history of the development of classical music, the following stages can be distinguished:

• Renaissance or Renaissance - early 14th - last quarter of the 16th century. In Spain and England, the Renaissance period lasted until the beginning of the 17th century.
• Baroque - replaced the Renaissance and lasted until the beginning of the 18th century. The center of the style was Spain.
• Classicism - a period of development European culture from the beginning of the 18th to the beginning of the 19th century.
• Romanticism is a direction opposite to classicism. Lasted until the mid-19th century.
• Classics of the 20th century - modern era.

Brief description and main representatives of cultural periods

1. Renaissance - a long period of development of all areas of culture. - Thomas Tallis, Giovanni da Palestina, T. L. de Victoria composed and left immortal creations for posterity.

2. Baroque - in this era new musical forms appear: polyphony, opera. It was during this period that Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi created their famous works. Bach's fugues are built in accordance with the requirements of classicism: obligatory adherence to the canons.

3. Classicism. who created their immortal creations in the era of classicism: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. Appears sonata form, the composition of the orchestra is increasing. and Haydn differ from the ponderous works of Bach in the simple construction and elegance of the melodies. It was still a classic, a striving for perfection. Beethoven's works are the border between romantic and classical styles. In the music of L. van Beethoven there is more sensuality and ardor than rational canon. Such important genres as symphony, sonata, suite, and opera emerged. Beethoven gave rise to the Romantic period.

4. Romanticism. Musical works are characterized by color and drama. Various song genres are being formed, for example, ballads. Piano works by Liszt and Chopin received recognition. The traditions of romanticism were inherited by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Schubert.

5. Classics of the 20th century - characterized by the authors’ desire for innovation in melodies; the terms aleatorics, atonalism arose. Works by Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Glass are classified in the classical format.

Russian classical composers

Tchaikovsky P.I. - Russian composer, music critic, public figure, teacher, conductor. His compositions are the most performed. They are sincere, easily perceived, reflect the poetic originality of the Russian soul, scenic paintings Russian nature. The composer created 6 ballets, 10 operas, more than a hundred romances, 6 symphonies. World famous ballet " Swan Lake", opera "Eugene Onegin", "Children's Album".

Rachmaninov S.V. - works outstanding composer emotional and cheerful, and some are dramatic in content. Their genres are varied: from small plays to concerts and operas. The author's generally recognized works: operas " Stingy Knight", "Aleko" based on Pushkin's poem "Gypsies", "Francesca da Rimini" based on a plot borrowed from " Divine Comedy» Dante, poem “The Bells”; suite “Symphonic Dances”; piano concerts; vocalise for voice with piano accompaniment.

Borodin A.P. was a composer, teacher, chemist, and doctor. The most significant creation is the opera “Prince Igor” by historical work“The Tale of Igor’s Campaign,” which the author wrote for almost 18 years. During his lifetime, Borodin did not have time to finish it; after his death, the opera was completed by A. Glazunov and N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Great composer is the ancestor classical quartets and symphonies in Russia. The “Bogatyr” Symphony is considered the crown of world and Russian national-heroic symphony. The instrumental chamber quartets, the First and Second Quartets, were recognized as outstanding. One of the first to introduce heroic figures from ancient Russian literature into romances.

Great musicians

Mussorgsky M.P., about whom one can say, is a great realist composer, a brave innovator who touches on acute social problems, a magnificent pianist and an excellent vocalist. The most significant musical works are the operas "Boris Godunov" by dramatic work A.S. Pushkin and “Khovanshchina” - folk musical drama, the main character of these operas is the rebel people from different social strata; creative cycle"Pictures at an Exhibition", inspired by the works of Hartmann.

Glinka M.I. - famous Russian composer, founder classical direction in Russian musical culture. He completed the procedure for creating a school of Russian composers, based on the value of folk and professional music. The master’s works are imbued with love for the Fatherland and reflect the ideological orientation of the people of that historical era. World famous folk drama“Ivan Susanin” and the opera-fairy tale “Ruslan and Lyudmila” became new trends in Russian opera. The symphonic works “Kamarinskaya” and “Spanish Overture” by Glinka are the foundations of Russian symphonism.

Rimsky-Korsakov N.A. is a talented Russian composer, naval officer, teacher, publicist. Two trends can be traced in his work: historical (“The Tsar’s Bride”, “Pskov Woman”) and fairy-tale (“Sadko”, “Snow Maiden”, suite “Scheherazade”). Distinctive feature the composer’s works: originality based on classical values, homophony in the harmonic structure of early works. His compositions have the author's signature: original orchestral solutions with unusually constructed vocal scores, which are the main ones.

Russian classical composers tried to reflect in their works the cognitive thinking and folklore characteristic of the nation.

European culture

Famous classical composers Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven lived in the capital musical culture that time - Vienna. Geniuses are united by masterful performance, excellent compositional solutions, and the use of different musical styles: from folk tunes to polyphonic developments musical themes. The great classics are characterized by comprehensive creative mental activity, competence, clarity in construction musical forms. In their works, intellect and emotions, tragic and comic components, ease and prudence are organically linked together.

Beethoven and Haydn gravitated towards instrumental compositions, Mozart masterfully succeeded in both operatic and orchestral compositions. Beethoven was an unsurpassed creator heroic works, Haydn appreciated and successfully used humor and folk genre types in his work, Mozart was a universal composer.

Mozart - creator of the sonata instrumental form. Beethoven improved it, brought it to unsurpassed heights. Period Viennese classics became a period of quartet heyday. Haydn, followed by Beethoven and Mozart, made a significant contribution to the development of this genre.

Italian masters

Giuseppe Verdi - an outstanding musician of the 19th century, developed traditional Italian opera. He had impeccable skill. The culmination of his composing activities were the operatic works “Il Trovatore”, “La Traviata”, “Othello”, “Aida”.

Niccolo Paganini - born in Nice, one of the most musically gifted personalities of the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a master of the violin. He composed caprices, sonatas, quartets for violin, guitar, viola and cello. He wrote concertos for violin and orchestra.

Gioachino Rossini - worked in the 19th century. Author of sacred and chamber music, composed 39 operas. Outstanding works - " Barber of Seville", "Othello", "Cinderella", "The Thieving Magpie", "Semiramis".

Antonio Vivaldi is one of the greatest representatives of violin art of the 18th century. Gained fame thanks to his most famous work- 4 violin concerts "The Seasons". Lived an amazingly fruitful life creative life, composed 90 operas.

Famous Italian classical composers left an eternal musical legacy. Their cantatas, sonatas, serenades, symphonies, operas will bring pleasure to more than one generation.

Peculiarities of a child’s perception of music

Listening to good music has a positive effect on the psycho-emotional development of a child, according to child psychologists. Good music introduces you to art and shapes aesthetic taste, teachers say.

Many famous creations were created by classical composers for children, taking into account their psychology, perception and specifics of age, i.e. for listening, while others composed various plays for little performers that were easily perceived by ear and technically accessible to them.

“Children's Album” by P.I. Tchaikovsky. for little pianists. This album is a dedication to my nephew who loved music and was a very gifted child. The collection contains more than 20 plays, some of them based on folklore material: Neapolitan motifs, Russian dance, Tyrolean and French melodies. Collection “Children's Songs” by P.I. Tchaikovsky. designed for auditory perception by children. Songs of an optimistic mood about spring, birds, a blooming garden (“My Garden”), about compassion for Christ and God (“Christ had a garden as a child”).

Children's classics

Many classical composers worked for children, the list of whose works is very diverse.

Prokofiev S.S. “Peter and the Wolf” is a symphonic fairy tale for children. Thanks to this fairy tale, children get acquainted with the musical instruments of a symphony orchestra. The text of the fairy tale was written by Prokofiev himself.

Schumann R. “Children's Scenes” are short musical stories with a simple plot, written for adult performers, memories of childhood.

Debussy's piano cycle "Children's Corner".

Ravel M. “Mother Goose” based on the fairy tales of C. Perrault.

Bartok B. “First steps at the piano.”

Cycles for children Gavrilova S. “For the little ones”; "Heroes of Fairy Tales"; “Guys about animals.”

Shostakovich D. “Album of piano pieces for children.”

Bakh I.S. "The music book of Anna Magdalena Bach." While teaching my children music, I created for them special plays and exercises to develop technical skills.

Haydn J. is the progenitor of the classical symphony. He created a special symphony called “Children’s”. The instruments used: a clay nightingale, a rattle, a cuckoo - give it an unusual sound, childish and playful.

Saint-Saëns K. came up with a fantasy for orchestra and 2 pianos called “Carnival of Animals”, in which he masterfully conveyed the cackling of chickens, the roar of a lion, the complacency of an elephant and its manner of movement, and the touchingly graceful swan through musical means.

When composing compositions for children and youth, the great classical composers took care of interesting storylines work, the availability of the proposed material, taking into account the age of the performer or listener.