The national identity of modern classics

Abstract

The poem by A.V. Aslamas “The song by ancestors” (1968) is presented in this article as
one of striking examples of musical heritage of the XXth century Chuvash culture. This work is devoted
to the outstanding oboist of the ХХ-ХХIst centuries boundary – A.S. Lyubimov, who was also it’s first
performer. This dedication allowed to designate some other works which are also devoted to this musician and to focus attention on the factors which caused their emergence. Definetely, there is a high
status of the performer whose activity is various and successful: A.S. Lyubimov is not only the famous
soloist-oboist whose mastery is recorded in numerous records (more than 100), the actor of orchestra
and chamber structures, but also the venerable teacher who brought up a group of pupils which, in turn,
have found recognition. Use of the musical features (first of all, rhythmic and sound high-rise) emphasizing national color is also non-accidental as the People’s artist of the Russian Federation (1993) A.S. Lyubimov, adequately representing it’s culture, earlier ranked the title of the People’s artist of the Chuvash
ASSR (1976). This work for an oboe is included into the list of obligatory works for pupils of secondary
and higher musical institutions in post-Soviet countries. It has it’s own distinctive features, nuances of
performing which are in detail analyzed and described in this work.