Video: Two muses of one romance: who inspired Pushkin and Glinka to create the masterpiece "I remember a wonderful moment"
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
May 20 (June 1) 1804, the founder of Russian classical music, who created the first national opera, was born - Mikhail Glinka … One of his most famous works, in addition to operas and symphonic pieces, is romance "I remember a wonderful moment", on verses by A. Pushkin. And the most amazing thing is that both the poet and the composer at different times were inspired by women, between whom there was much more in common than one surname for two.
The fact that Glinka wrote a romance based on Pushkin's poems is in fact very symbolic. The critic V. Stasov wrote: “Glinka has the same meaning in Russian music as Pushkin in Russian poetry. Both are great talents, both are the founders of the new Russian artistic creation, both are deeply national and drew their great strength directly from the indigenous elements of their people, both created a new Russian language - one in poetry, the other in music. Glinka wrote 10 romances based on Pushkin's poems. Many researchers explain this not only by personal acquaintance and enthusiasm for the poet's work, but also by the similar attitude of the two geniuses.
The poem "I remember a wonderful moment" Pushkin dedicated to Anna Petrovna Kern, the first meeting with which took place in 1819, and in 1825 the acquaintance was renewed. Years later, feelings for the girl flared up with renewed vigor. This is how the famous lines appeared: "I remember a wonderful moment: You appeared before me, Like a fleeting vision, Like a genius of pure beauty."
Almost 15 years later, another significant meeting took place: the composer Mikhail Glinka met Anna Kern's daughter, Ekaterina. Later in his letter he said: “She was not good, even something suffering was expressed on her pale face, her clear expressive eyes, an unusually slender figure and a special kind of charm and dignity … more and more attracted me … I found a way to talk with this sweet girl … Soon my feelings were completely shared by the dear EK, and the meetings with her became more gratifying. I was disgusted at home, but how much life and pleasure on the other side: fiery poetic feelings for EK, which she fully understood and shared."
Subsequently, Anna Petrovna Kern wrote her memoirs about this time: “Glinka was unhappy. Family life soon bored him; sadder than before, he sought comfort in music and its wondrous inspirations. The hard time of suffering was replaced at times by love for one person close to me, and Glinka came to life again. He came to see me again almost every day; he put on a piano at my place and immediately composed music for 12 romances of the Dollmaker, his friend."
Glinka intended to divorce his wife, convicted of treason, and go abroad with Ekaterina Kern, uniting in a secret marriage, but these plans were not destined to come true. The girl was sick with consumption, and she and her mother decided to leave for the south, to the Ukrainian estate. Glinka's mother was strongly opposed to him accompanying them and linking his fate with Catherine, so she did everything possible for the composer to say goodbye to her.
Glinka spent the rest of his days as a bachelor. For a long time Ekaterina Kern did not lose hope for a new meeting, but Glinka never came to Ukraine. At 36, she got married and gave birth to a son, who later wrote: “She remembered Mikhail Ivanovich constantly and always with deep sorrowful feeling. She obviously loved him for the rest of her life. " And the romance "I remember a wonderful moment" went down in the history of Russian music, like other works of Glinka: 7 interesting facts about great Russian composers
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