EPILOGUE OF THE FANTASY SPINS BY L. BEETHOVEN

The article reviewed and analyzed the piano fantasy op. 77 by L. Beethoven. The research methodology is based on the use of several approaches to the material being analyzed (comparative, genre-style, intonational-dramaturgical analyzes, the principle of historicism, etc.). The creation of the analyzed work is associated with the proximity to the type of interpretation of the genre, which was formed in the works of V. A. Mozart and I. N. Hummel. In the last, final model of the development of the genre in the works of L. Beethoven, presented in a «pure form», fantasy summarized already established traditions and at the same time revealed the composer's insights into the future.