THE WINTER’S TALE AS AN INITIAL SPACE (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ANALYSIS OF “PRELUDE AND FUGUE IN C MINOR” NO. 20 FROM THE CYCLE “24 PRELUDES AND FUGUES” BY V. ZADERATSKY)

Abstract

The aim of the study is to analyze the cycle “24 Preludes and Fugues” by Vsevolod Petrovich Zaderatsky, in particular Prelude and Fugue in C minor No. 20, as a mini-cycle that combines the musical, symbolic and cultural aspects, revealing the depth of the composer’s existential experience, the peculiarities of his psychological and spiritual reflections, as well as the unique organization of time and space in his work. This diptych demonstrates the principles of interaction of musical, symbolic and cultural elements, which become a means of understanding the inner world and archetypal images characteristic of the entire cycle, and reflects the peculiarities of the composer’s artistic consciousness in the context of his emotional and spiritual experience. The methodological basis of the work is a comprehensive analysis of a musical work, which includes musicological, psychological, cultural and theological approaches. Such an interdisciplinary approach allows us to trace the interaction of archetypal images, rhythm, tempo, symbolic models and structural organization of the work, as well as to determine the features of the reproduction of the composer’s inner experience in musical form, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the symbolic aspects of the diptych. The scientific novelty lies in the definition of the Prelude and Fugue in C minor No. 20 from the cycle “24 Preludes and Fugues” as a separate diptych, where the musical structure, symbolic images and historical, cultural and theological dimensions are interconnected and form a holistic system of experiences, reflections and artistic intentions. It is shown that the work combines the cyclical nature of time, the image of a winter fairy-tale forest and a spinning wheel that stubbornly spins the thread of life, the motif of sighs and “knots of fate”, which allows us to deepen our understanding of the psychological, symbolic and cultural aspects of Zaderatsky’s work and demonstrates the features of his compositional technique and artistic thinking. The results of the work confirm that the work of Vsevolod Zaderatsky is not only an artistic phenomenon, but also an environment of symbolic, psychological and spiritual experience, capable of preserving national cultural memory, comprehending historical traumas and forming new approaches to the interpretation of musical text, which emphasizes the significance of his legacy for the development of Ukrainian musical culture, musicology and art history in general.