<論文>ショスタコーヴィチの場合 --アンチ・ワーグナーの試みとしての『鼻』--

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to clarify Wagner's influence on Shostakovich's early opera The Nose. The opera has been discussed mainly in connection with modernist composers of the 20th century or with the history of Russian music. However, Shostakovich's several statements indicate that he was in direct opposition to Wagner. He rejected Wagner's method of uniting music and drama, and emphasized the gap between serious music and comical drama. On the other hand, contrary to the composer's remark, the music of The Nose contains many ironical parts. The vulgarity of the hero, the corruption of the officials, and the stupidity of the crowd are embellished with the parody of light music. Nevertheless, for example, in Act I Scene IV, the humorous dialogue between Nose and Kovalev is accompanied by serious devotional music. In other scenes, also, when Kovalev agonizes purely about his nose, the orchestra makes a serious tone. Shostakovich created the gap by adding serious music to the fantasy part about Nose that is the core of The Nose, and established a new relationship between music and drama that is different from Wagner's one.