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Olga A. Astakhova – PhD of Arts, Professor of the Department of Music Theory, State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov.
State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, Moscow, Russia, astolgandra@gmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0000-3564-4904
Abstract
This article explores the author's developing theory of plasticity as both an intermedial and intrinsically musical concept. The author distinguishes two types of musical plasticity: static (statuette) and kinetic (processual). Particular emphasis is placed on expressive elements such as rhythm and tempo, texture, and form in the phenomenon of musical plasticity. The author examines figure-background relations within texture and addresses the chronotopic dimension.
The study was based on programmatic music directly inspired by images from painting, sculpture, and architecture (Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, and Sergei Slonimsky).
The study was based on programmatic music directly inspired by images from painting, sculpture, and architecture (Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, and Sergei Slonimsky).
Keywords
kinetic and static plasticity, texture, figure-background relationships, pictoriality, and chronotope
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Received: 02.12.2025
Accepted: 12.01.2026
Issue №1 (10) March 2026
Pages
33-55
Pages
33-55
