Presentation on the topic of grief and mourning. “Sadness and joy sound like the same melody. "Images of Sacred Music of Western Europe"

"Images of Sacred Music of Western Europe"

Lesson topic: “Images of grief and sadness”

I cry: these tears are holy,

V. Krasov

Cel b: Development of musical culture of students.

Tasks:

Developmental: 1. Development of creative potential: vocal abilities,

creative imagination;

2. Development of the sensory sphere - hearing;

3. Development of thinking;

4. Enrich the emotional experience of students with the perception of musical images of grief and sadness

in religious music;

Educational: 1. Deepen understanding of language features

Western European music as an example

vocal and instrumental genres;

2. Deepen knowledge about concepts - cantata, requiem;

3. Build independence skills

and goal setting;

4. Introduce a new piece of music

Giovanni Pergolesi “Standing the Grieving Mother”;

5. Continue learning Bulat’s “Prayer”

Okudzhavy:

6. Show the relationship between music and literature,

fine arts, history;

Educators: 1. Cultivate the aesthetic taste of students;

2. Cultivate feelings of empathy for the collective

Hello guys. I'm glad to meet you.

Today we continue the conversation about sacred music.

Today the topic of our lesson is:"Images of grief and sadness"

And as the epigraph of our lesson, I took the lines of the poet Krasov:

I cry: these tears are holy,

This is a tribute to the Creator from my heart

For my joys, for my sorrows and losses,

According to the eternal voice of Your law.

What would you like from today’s lesson, what tasks would you like to solve in our lesson?

Children call:

Learn new things

Learn a song

Listen to music

Get a good grade

I understand your wishes, thank you. I will write down your wishes and we will hit the road to Western Europe.

And so attention. Now the music will sound. fragment. Try to answer the questions. Distribute the questionnaire.

Sounds “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach”

What is the name of?

What musical instrument?

What type of music?

What is polyphony?

What is the nature of the music?

Children write the answer on a piece of paper.

Spot check, they wrote. Collect leaves.

Today we will meet a new composer, whose name has never been heard in our class.

This is the Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. 1710-1736

(teacher talks about the composer)

And the work is called “STABAT MATER”, WHICH MEANS “The grieving mother stood”

The genre of this work is CANTATA

Let's remember what a cantata is.

The word is Italian, translated saptare - to sing.

This is a multi-movement work for choir, orchestra and soloists.

For Pergolesi, this is a chamber work, since the cantata was written for a women's (children's) choir, string quartet, double bass and organ.

It has 13 parts.

Part 1 of the cantata is associated with the mournful, tragic image of the mother of Jesus Christ - the Virgin Mary, standing in front of the body of her son crucified on the cross.

Now we will listen to part 1.

Determine the nature of the music, its structure, mode, etc.

Let's listen to part 1.

Analysis of the listened part 1: The feeling of a leisurely step is conveyed by the measured tread of the bass. Sighs can be heard in the sound of the strings. The minor scale adds a touch of tragedy.

The vocal part contains a melodious melody with mournful intonations.

(If time permits, you can listen to the 13th part of “Amen”, where students will hear the polyphonic composition of music)

Tell me, with what famous work of Western European music can the music of Pergolesi be compared? Of course Mozart's Requiem.

Let's remember what a requiem is.

Verbatim - peace, funeral music in honor of the dead.

Listen to part 7 of Lacrimosa “Tearful”

What these two works have in common is the image of grief and sadness.

Remember how Mozart composed the REQUIEM, read Pushkin’s lines from the poem “Mozart and Salieri” and a letter to his brother.

Now take a look at the reproductions of paintings by Italian artists - Michelangelo - Pietà and Maillol - Sorrow.

What do music and painting have in common?

Theme of tragedy, grief.

And now it’s time for us to turn to song – or rather to prayer, as a genre of vocal music.

What is prayer - a spiritual song, a conversation with God.

How should one perform the prayer? (children answer)

Let's remember “Prayer” by Bulat Okudzhava.

Let's listen to the fragment.

Then vocal and choral work. (dynamics, clear diction, etc.)

And so let's summarize the lesson.

The teacher pays attention to the tasks of the lesson.

Have we completed all the objectives of the lesson?

Conclusion: Composers Pergolesi and Mozart, each in their own way (in works of various genres) embody the world of human experiences - mental turmoil, peaceful peace, the depth of human grief and suffering.

The lesson is over. Thanks to all.

“Tears of men, oh tears of men...”

Images of grief and sadness in music, the depth of their content.
The ability of music of a sad nature to bring comfort (using the example of the play “Dreams” from the piano cycle “Children’s Pieces” by R. Schumann).

Musical material:

P. Tchaikovsky. “The Doll’s Illness”, “The Doll’s Funeral” from “Children’s Album” (listening at the request of the teacher);
R. Schumann. “First loss”, from the piano cycle “Album for Youth” (listening at the request of the teacher);
R. Schumann. “Dreams”, from the piano cycle “Children’s Scenes” (listening);
V. Vysotsky. Mass graves (singing).

Art:

S. Krasauskas. Engravings from the series “Forever Living”.

Poetry:

F. Tyutchev. “Tears of men, oh tears of men...”;
R. Rozhdestvensky. "Requiem", fragment.

Description of activities:

Recognize and talk about the influence of music on a person.
Identify the possibilities of the emotional impact of music on a person.
Evaluate musical works from the standpoint of beauty and truth.
Understand the intonation-figurative fundamentals of music.

Planned results of educational activities:

Metasubject:

Understanding joyful images in art as a reward for overcoming adversity and difficulties, as a result of life’s struggle.

Personal:

Awareness of music as an art form that conveys diverse, contrasting images in all their diversity.

Subject:

Understanding and analysis of images of sadness, grief, melancholy and loneliness in music.

Form of the lesson:

Lesson-conversation about images of sadness, sorrow, suffering in different types of art using the example of music.

Types of student activities:

A conversation about the embodiment of images of sadness and grief in art.
A conversation about the feeling of consolation that arises when perceiving sad, tragic music.
Viewing reproductions of engravings, collective analysis and discussion of their content.
Expressive reading aloud of fragments of poems, identifying their connection with the topic of the lesson.
Listening, auditory analysis of musical works.
Comparative analysis of engravings, poems and musical works.
Analysis of musical examples.
Drawing up a program for an imaginary concert in the “Diary of Musical Reflections.”
Learning, performing, discussing V. Vysotsky’s song.
Analysis of musical expressive means and identification of their connection with the content of the song.

What's music? She is one
It comforts us endlessly,
So sweet, so harmonious...
Our destiny is seen in it.
And, reflecting our torment,
She still promises us
Merger with the eternal law
And from generation to generation,
And tames our pain...

O. Polents

No matter how diverse the shades of joy conveyed by music are, it still finds its true greatness in the embodiment of three-dimensional, complex, deep images.

Why is this so?

We have already written that moods of unadulterated joy rarely visit our world: they are probably truly familiar only to children. Any other joy most often comes to us as a reward for efforts, for overcoming adversity...

This is what happens in life, and this is what happens in music. The joy in the music of the “sunny” Mozart, who revealed to us the tragic depths of “Don Giovanni”, the Requiem, today appears to us as a reflection of the soul of a great man - a soul that still carries its radiant light. The joy in the finale of Beethoven's last, Ninth Symphony sounds like a hard-won reward for the difficult path of his music, full of painful struggle...

And whenever great music pierces us with its dazzling joy, we know that the path to ascent to these shining heights is long - no matter who its creator was. For real music expresses the entire depth of the world with its inescapable sorrows, eternal as the world itself, and its equally eternal joys.

Images of grief and sadness have always been present in music. There are endlessly sad folk songs that testify that even in the distant and seemingly blessed times of the “childhood of mankind,” people already knew the bitterness of separation and the melancholy of loneliness. And even in the most real children's music, that is, music created specifically for children, there are many sad and even tragic pages.

Remember R. Schumann’s “First Loss” from his piano cycle “Album for Youth”.

If we listened to this piece by itself, we would talk about a sad melody, about an intonation in which one can discern a complaint, a reproach, and inconsolability. But if we remember the content of our conversation, then, probably, the meaning of “The First Loss” will become deeper and more significant.

Now this is not just a child’s complaint - now it becomes something more, some new knowledge about the world. This knowledge is already discernible in the title itself - “The First Loss”, which speaks of the inevitability of all subsequent losses.

Thus, a small children's play becomes for us the discovery of the law of life, to which everything sad in the world is subject: both flying autumn leaves and bitter human losses.

And although this is a sad law, there is a bright side to it. After all, someday spring will come again, young leaves will appear on the trees... So is human life - losses in it are replaced by joys, new hopes and expectations.

Robert Schumann's cycle "Album for Youth" was written in 1838. This cycle is one of the composer's best piano works. The miniatures included in the cycle are musical stories with a simple plot; mood and emotions are more important here. According to the author himself, this cycle is “a reflection of the past through the eyes of the elder and for the elders.”

Remember “The Disease of the Doll” and “The Death of the Doll” from P. Tchaikovsky’s “Children’s Album”...

"Doll Disease" Sad music about the very sincere experiences of a girl who takes her game seriously. Or maybe your favorite doll is really hopelessly broken (sick).

- Doll Masha got sick.
- The doctor said it was bad.
- Masha is in pain, Masha is in pain!
- You can't help her, poor thing.
- Masha will leave us soon.

This is woe, this is woe, woe, woe, woe...

The girl's doll fell ill. How does the music talk about this? What is unusual about the musical language of this piece? Listening to music, you will immediately notice that there is no continuous melodic line in it. It seems to be “broken” by pauses, each sound of the melody resembles a sigh: “Oh... ah...”

The form of the play can be defined as one-part, consisting of two periods with a coda. The doll’s “sighs” sound pitiful in the first sentence, then turning into muffled moans when they are transferred to a low register. The doll's "suffering" reaches its peak in the second period, which contains a tense climax. The period ends with a cadence on the tonic chord. The play has a long “fading” coda. The doll fell asleep...

"Doll's funeral" In music written for children, one senses a caring attitude towards the child’s experiences, an understanding of their depth and significance. Listening to this piece, you pay attention to the seriousness and genuineness of the little hero’s feelings, to the respect with which the composer treats the child’s personality.

Doll, dear, goodbye forever.

I can't play with you.
You were the best doll.
How come I didn’t save you?
How did this happen to you?
Where and why did you leave me?
Snow on the ground and snow on the heart.
Masha, dear, farewell forever.
More, my friend, my beloved,
I can't play with you.

It was no coincidence that Tchaikovsky gave the subtitle to his cycle – “In Imitation of Schumann.” This piece involuntarily recalls “The First Loss” from R. Schumann’s “Album for Youth.”

The play is permeated by the characteristic rhythm of a typical funeral march, but this feature does not make the play a truly funeral march. Sometimes in literature you can find a statement that here Tchaikovsky reproduced the sound of a choir. It seems to us that this music can be more easily imagined in an orchestral rather than a choral version. But be that as it may, both when performing and listening to this piece, you should not take everything too seriously. Still, the composer uses sounds to create the impression of a doll’s funeral: the element of play here should not completely disappear.

Good, sincere music naturally and confidently appeals to even the smallest child. It is not falsely cheerful, but sad works for children that reveal careful respect for the child’s soul, which is capable of suffering and experiencing no less than an adult.

“Children's Album” by P. Tchaikovsky was composed by the composer in 1878 and was dedicated to his nephew Volodya Davydov, who learned to play the piano and performed these pieces.
The collection contains 24 plays. Together, the miniatures make up a motley and bright picture of one day of a 19th century child, a contemporary of the composer. The cycle begins with “Morning Prayer” and ends with a play also of prayer, “In Church”. The cycle contains plays that tell about the games and amusements of boys (“Game of Horses”, “March of the Wooden Soldiers”), and there is a mini-cycle dedicated to the girls’ toy - a doll. Three plays trace a whole puppet history. This theme begins with the sad “Doll’s Illness”, continues with the tragic funeral march “Funeral of the Doll”, and ends with the jubilant, rapid “New Doll”.

We see that sad moods are not at all uncommon in the art of music, that they have sounded in music of all times, expressing one of the fundamental properties of human nature.

Human tears, oh human tears,
You flow early and late...
The unknown ones flow, the invisible ones flow,
Inexhaustible, innumerable,
You flow like rain streams
In the dead of autumn, sometimes at night.

F. Tyutchev. Human tears, oh human tears...

“Human tears, oh human tears...”: this poem by F. Tyutchev speaks of the eternity and inescapability of human sadness, which does not distinguish between ages, immeasurable, familiar and familiar to everyone. But pay attention to two definitions: “the unknown ones flow, the invisible ones flow.” Unknown, invisible - means carefully hidden, secret, intimate, unknown to anyone. How can a person live alone with this heavy burden of sorrows, losses, regrets? Life does not always give us the opportunity to open up, the opportunity to be understood...

And then music comes with its tender and delicate touch, music that comforts, reconciles. Of course, music cannot save us from our sorrows, but it opens up to us an endless world of other sorrows, as unknown and invisible as our own.

Let us recall the famous work – R. Schumann’s play “Dreams”. This music is often heard in concerts; it is performed by both young and famous musicians. For domestic listeners, R. Schumann’s “Dreams” have special significance. It is this work that is played on television on May 9 - in memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War (1941 - 1945). The introduction of millions of listeners to the endless sea of suffering, which for many people are still not sick, does not plunge us into despair, but quite the opposite - it encourages us precisely by joining this ever-inexhaustible flow. And we not only begin to feel that we are not alone in our sorrows, but we evaluate them completely differently: after all, there is something lofty and significant in human suffering if it is awarded such a beautiful expression.

Carry your dream through the years and fill it with life!..
But about those who will never come again, I conjure, remember!
(R. Rozhdestvensky. Requiem)

Stasis Algirdo Krasauskas (1929 - 1977) was one of the most popular Soviet artists.
Themes of life and death, love and human sacrifice in the name of love, starting from the love of a mother for a child and ending with a person’s love for his Fatherland, for the Earth, which gives life and accepts into its bosom those who have already fulfilled their life’s duty - this is the range of subjects artist's graphics.
Here is what Stasis Krasauskas wrote: “The world will never forget the feat of the Soviet Warrior. He fought, fell and remained with us, as a reminder of our great debt to the Motherland, Progress, and Man. I dedicate this cycle to him, the eternally living one.”
During the Second World War he was still a child, but the greatest tragedy of the 20th century remained an unhealed wound, a scar on his heart. All his life he tried to understand the reasons for the terrible delusions of man, the reasons for cruelty.
In 1975, Stasis Krasauskas created perhaps his most famous series - the cycle of prints “Forever Living”.
Here the images are extremely generalized, elevated above their concrete earthly meaning, and one can feel boundless faith in the triumph of life over death. The dead soldier lying in the ground seemed to have not died, but fallen asleep. And above him are disturbing and beautiful visions - his dreams, his earthly life, his unfulfilled dreams... Beautiful women with deep sadness and sorrow in their eyes, his fellow soldiers with whom he went into battle, a wonderful horse, which he lying down, powerless...

Questions and tasks:

Can sad music bring comfort? Explain your answer using the example of the work “Dreams” by R. Schumann.
The play “Dreams,” judging by the title of the cycle “Children’s Scenes,” is addressed to young listeners. At the same time, it is also obvious that she expresses deep, strong feelings, inherent in many respects to adults. Think about why this play is considered adult. Find in the text of the paragraph words that reveal the secret of the emotional impact of this music, close and understandable to people of different ages.
Make up a concert program of works that reflect various human feelings. Write it down in your “Diary of Musical Reflections.”

The presentation additionally includes a number of engravings by S. Krasauskas from the series “Forever Living”

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There are many cheerful melodies in the world, born in moments of joy or on holidays. Even among the serenades - mostly sad and thoughtful - one can find cheerful and moving melodies, full of charm and optimism (optimism - cheerfulness, cheerfulness).

Who is not familiar with the charming and graceful (graceful - graceful, slender) “Little Night Serenade” by W. A. Mozart, the melody of which is full of light and charm of a festive night!

In 18th-century Vienna, it was customary to organize small night concerts under the windows of the person they wanted to pay attention to. Of course, the meaning of the music performed in his honor was not at all lyrical and intimate, as in a love serenade, but rather funny and slightly mischievous. Several people took part in such a night concert - after all, joy unites people!

To perform Mozart's serenade, a string orchestra was required - a collection of virtuoso and expressive instruments that sang so magically in the silence of the Viennese night.

The melody of “A Little Night Serenade” captivates with its subtlety and grace. Its sounds bring to life the image of old Vienna, an unusually musical city, where wonderful music could be heard day and night. The ease and dexterity of the presentation emphasizes that this is not a dramatic story, but nothing more than a light-hearted, charming musical joke.

Fascinated by the bright Mozart melodies, the Russian singer F. Chaliapin expressed his attitude towards the great Viennese classic this way: “You go into a house, simple, without unnecessary decorations, cozy, large windows, a sea of light, greenery all around, everything is welcoming, and you are greeted by a hospitable owner, sits you down, and you feel so good that you don’t want to leave. This is Mozart."

These sincere words reflect only one side of Mozart’s music - the one that is associated with the brightest images and moods. But, perhaps, in the entire centuries-old history of music you will not find a composer whose melodies would be only joyful and harmonious.

And this is understandable: after all, life is never only bright, only clear; losses and disappointments, mistakes and delusions are inevitable in it. In it, a person is not only busy with ordinary things - going to kindergarten or school, playing sports or playing on the computer. In addition to all this, he asks many questions, trying to understand himself, his life and his place in the world around him. He thinks not only about where to go on vacation or how to celebrate a birthday, but also about what constitutes more important and serious problems - problems of good and evil, love and hate, life and death.

It is in art that the feelings and thoughts by which a person lives most clearly manifest themselves. And therefore, one should not be surprised when the same Mozart who wrote “A Little Night Serenade” is the same Mozart whom the composer A. Rubinstein called Helios - the sun god of music, about whom he exclaimed: “Eternal sunlight in music - your name is Mozart!” - creates one of the most mournful works in all world art - his Requiem.

The dying composer, who devoted the last months of his life to this work, wrote about it in one of his letters: “Before me is my funeral (funeral - funeral) song. I can't leave it unfinished."

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Text content of presentation slides: Images of grief and sorrow in the religious music of Western composers Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Italian 1710 - 1736) - Italian composer, violinist and organist. He is a representative of the Neapolitan opera school and one of the earliest and most important composers. In 1735, Pergolesi, barely twenty-five years old and known mainly for his operas, turned to sacred music. His other compositions this year include "Stabat Mater." "Stabat Mater Dolorosa" is a Catholic hymn written in the 13th century. Our Lady of Sorrows (lat. Mater Dolorosa) or Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows is the name given to the Most Holy Theotokos in connection with the sorrows and sorrows of her life. “Stabat Mater” consists of 13 parts. The general character of the work is distinguished by its touching, heartfelt lyricism. “Stabat Mater” is a work in which a person tries to feel and express in words what the Mother of God felt, looking at her crucified son. The grieving Mother stands near the tearful cross, where her son was crucified, whose groaning, darkened and mourning soul was pierced by a sword. Oh, how sad and distressed this was blessed only-begotten Mother. How the Blessed Mother grieved and grieved, and shuddered, seeing the terrible torment of Her Son. What kind of person would not be saddened to see the Mother of Christ in such torment? Let me sincerely mourn the Crucified One while I am alive. Michelangelo's fresco in the Sistine Chapel “The Last Judgment” “dies irae” “Day of Wrath” The Last Judgment, Judgment Day - in Christian religions the last judgment carried out on people in order to identify the righteous and sinners “Lacrimosa” is part of the requiem. Comes from the Latin “ Lacrima" - tears, "mosa" - flowing. One sweltering June day, a tall, thin man “in gray” came to him. The stranger ordered the requiem, leaving the name of the customer a secret. This visit made an overwhelming impression on Mozart: having been unwell for a long time, Mozart perceived this order as a prophecy of his imminent death. The work drains all of Mozart’s strength. He planned to write the requiem in 12 parts, but settled on the 7th part. The last and most beautiful part of “Lacrimosa” (tearful) will sound. “Requiem” by W. A. Mozart, conceived as a funeral Catholic mass, turned out to be perhaps the most life-affirming work of all known. This was his last creation. On December 5, 1791, Mozart turned to the wall and stopped breathing...

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Grief Grief is the deep emotional pain caused by the loss of a loved one. Any loss, even the loss of something valuable, causes difficult feelings, but the greatest pain is associated with the death of a loved one and the loss of physical or mental capabilities - disability. Grief is the deep mental pain caused by the loss of a loved one. Any loss, even the loss of something valuable, causes difficult feelings, but the greatest pain is associated with the death of a loved one and the loss of physical or mental capabilities - disability.

Requiem is a multi-part funeral choral work, usually with the participation of soloists, accompanied by an orchestra. a multi-part funeral choral work, usually with the participation of soloists, accompanied by an orchestra. It arose as a funeral Catholic service with musical parts to a Latin text.Arose as a funeral Catholic service with musical parts to a Latin text.

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