THE PHENOMENON OF ARRANGING THE GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENT FOR A RUSSIAN CLASSICAL ROMANCE
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Author(s): | Malatsay L. V., Markin N. I., |
| Number of journal: | 3(76) | Date: | September 2026 |
| Annotation: | Recently, vocal performance has become increasingly widespread, both among novice singers and among long‑term soloists of philharmonics and other concert organizations. This calls for live accompaniment. In the traditions of home and salon music‑making, romances by Russian composers were often performed to the accompaniment of a guitar. The article is a study of the phenomenon of guitar accompaniment as musical support for the voice. Russian composers such as A. A. Alyabyev, A. E. Varlamov, M. I. Glinka, A. S. Dargomyzhsky, P. I. Tchaikovsky, and S. V. Rachmaninoff wrote their romances for voice and piano. The study compares piano and guitar accompaniments, examines their differences and advantages, and explains how transcription differs from arrangement. The arranger doesn’t just change the instrument; they rethink the drama of the accompaniment, its connection to the melody and the poetic text. There are old collections of popular romances by littleknown authors, in which a single melodic line and a letterand‑number notation of chords are specified, while modern vocal performers ask to add not only accompaniment to them, but also an introduction, interludes, and a conclusion. The publication provides a number of recommendations regarding what should be taken into account when creating instrumental fragments for such romances. An important aspect of the arranging work is the accumulation of auditory and analytical experience. Listening to audio recordings of renowned guitarist‑concertmasters and conducting a comprehensive analysis of them not only develops artistic taste but also enriches the arsenal of technical and expressive tools available to aspiring arrangers. | ||
| Keywords: | Russian romance, guitar, accompaniment, concertmaster, home music‑making, concert performance, fusion of music and verse, arrangement, transcription, creative selfrealization, auditory experience |
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| For citation: | Malatsay L. V., Markin N. I. The phenomenon of arranging the guitar accompaniment for a Russian classical romance. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2026;3(76):244—249. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2026.76.1724. |
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