E. A. Ruchievskaya: Publications to Be Continued
The review addresses the first published works of Ekaterina Ruchievskaya (1922-2009), the founder of the St. Petersburg analytical school, Professor of the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory: “The Nutcracker” by P. I. Tchaikovsky: Libretto and Music” (2018; 2nd ed. 2019) and “Vocal cycles in Russian classical music of the XIX century” (2019, in collaboration with N. I. Kuzmina). The first book is devoted to the analysis of libretto and musical dramaturgy of P. I. Tchaikovsky’s ballet. In the second work the theoretical issues of the genre and form of the vocal cycles are considered, using examples of Russian vocal-chamber music of the XIX century - such as cycles by A. A. Alyabyev, M. I. Glinka, M. P. Mussorgsky, P. I. Tchaikovsky and N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov