Organ suite “Immanuel Kant” of Vasilisa Gorochnaya as a musical tribute to the great philosopher (To the 300th anniversary of Immanuel Kant)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of translating the philosophical ideas of Immanuel Kant into music; the object of the study is the organ suite “Immanuel Kant” by V. Gorochnaya. This work is being introduced into a scientific context for the first time. On the basis of the connection with philosophy existing in musical art, both in general and direct manifestations, the specificity of the means of musical embodiment of the leading concepts of the great German philosopher, such as “the thing in itself”, “categorical imperative”, “absolutely necessary being”, etc., is considered. The features of the formation, the stylistic orientation of the composition, as well as various means of musical language are revealed, indicating a close relationship with the content components of the main ideas of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, which allows us to consider the work under study as a musical offering to the great philosopher.