VARIATION FORM IN CHINESE PIANO MUSIC

Abstract

The article considers the specifics of the development of such a musical form as the variational cycle and the specifics of its development in the context of the development of Chinese piano music. The conditions for the emergence of such cyclical forms as derivative works from the poetic component of Chinese culture are determined. Typical variation cycles are singled out, which are conditioned by the traditions of national art and the specifics of worldviews. Variation cycles have been found to be a characteristic genre of Chinese piano music that retains improvisation and gradual unfolding of the composition with modifications provided by temporitumic, improvisational, or free presentation of the material. Musical works of Chinese composers in the corresponding typology of form are given.