NON-IMITATIVE POLYPHONY IN THE ASPECT OF MUSICAL LOGIC

The characteristic properties of the non-imitative polyphony are compared with the imitative one in the aspect of musical logic. It is established that imitative polyphony in its main historical genre-compositional manifestations as a whole tends to reproduce the principles of dialogue (polylogue), with the linear narrative logic of prose inherent in it. In non-imitative polyphony, the logic of poetry with its methods has the leading role as well as the logic of song syntax