The Impact of Rimsky ــــKorsakov in Eastern Music. (Scherazade as a Model)

Abstract

Abstract

This study dealt with many creative aspects of the cultural and aesthetic essence of perception and presentation of oriental thought in Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony Compositions. In other words, it aims at an exploration of oriental musical features in Rimsky-Korsakov's work.

     ,Musical art is one of the timeless and placeless aspects of human civilization. Thus, the study of oriental subjects in Russian music does not lose its importance in the twenty-first century because the East was and remains one of the most important sources of world culture and thought. It has always attracted the attention of different segments from different parts of the world interested in the various feature of its cultures.

Russian musicians have sought to confirm their theories and concepts related to the essential issues of existence, to interpret the image of the East in different ways, and to find what resembles their vision of the world and their artistic expression.

The national music of the Russian people consists of two components. The first of these is a tremendously diverse heritage of folk tunes that represent the various regions, awhile the other is a liturgical component that goes back to Byzantine and Eastern origins. Russian music is the music of an ancient peoplewho have their own character and possess all the folkloric and inherited components that distinguish themt from other peoples. This study aims to focus on the artistic representation of eastern thought in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Symphony Compositions. The study aiso traces the theoretical positions advanced in the European and Eastern musical studies of his works. The results of the study showed that Rimsky-Korsakov adopted the method and style of literary narration or telling used in A Thousand and One Nights. His music was characterized by the dominance of the main maqam, and the maqam transitions with the presence of various variations and rhythmic movements of an oriental character, in addition to the use of eastern rhythms and maqamat in order to show the extent to which he was influenced by oriental music.

 Rimsky used his melodic ideas to serve the musical, "Scheherazade", which employs a literary storytelling style.