PERSONAL SPACE IN MUSIC: THE “I—THE ME” AND “I—YOU” CONCEPTS

More than 60 samples of vocal music from the 17th to the 20th centuries are analyzed to investigate how personal space is refl ected in music through the “I — the Me” and “I — You” concepts. It is established that the “I — the Me” concept is embodied by using autocommunication or internal dialogue. The object of the nature presented in the form of the Alter ego (the Double) or Alter pars (the Interlocutor) acts as the virtual interlocutor. The “I — You” concept is embodied in vocal works for one soloist by using four main techniques: intonations of genre generalizations or intonations — genre mixtures, intonation portraiture, settled semantics of intonation formulas and contrast change of the dynamics, logic of tonal development or inclusion of sound imitation of reality. Formation of personal space of the Interlocutor is possible thanks to deepening of semantic meaning of the intonation marking an image in music, as well as owing to different positions of the description: by observer storyteller, commentator and by hero.