BY MEANS OF PARADOX AND GROTESQUE. ON THE STYLE OF VSEVOLOD PETROVICH ZADERATSKY’S VOCAL COMPOSITIONS

The main research objective is studying of underinvestigated heritage of composer of V.P. Zaderatsky in vocal genres from the point of view of “musical countertone” manifestations (I.V. Stepanova's term), i.e. author's intension with respect to the poetic text. Depending on type of the literary primary source and the period of opus creation, V.P. Zaderatsky used various methods characteristic for musical esthetics of the XX century. Most clearly evolution of style is noticeable on the example of poems of the same authors involved at different stages of the composer's biography.