B. V. Asafiev is the creator of the first Soviet film-ballet

Abstract

The article is devoted to the first Soviet film-ballet «Earl Nulin» (1940) on the subject of Pushkin. Music belongs to Asafiev, which is a famous Soviet musicologist and composer. The main genre of his work is a ballet. The appearance of the ballet «Count Nulin» by Asafiev was an important event for the development of the genre of ballet and television. Composing music in a new genre of composer demanded a new approach to musical material. Asafiev’s music written on the principles of a new phenomenon TV-music. This allowed the creators film-ballet achieve harmony combined resources of cinema, music and ballet and open new possibilities of the genre. This saves the characteristic features of the traditional form of ballet. But among the principles of the construction of the musical material in addition to musical patterns, can be identified and specific cinematic signs. Some scenes require fast frame the scene, which it was impossible to realize in a theatrical scene.