Ideas of the catholic renaissance in the musical theater of “The Six”

The article examines the impact of the ideas of the Catholic renaissance on the musical theater of the composers of “The Six” group. The search for new forms of art synthesis by the leading representatives of this association (A. Honegger, D. Milhaud, F. Poulenc), carried out in a creative dialogue with the masters of religious literature and drama theater (P. Claudel, G. Bernanos) is being studied. 

Examples of the sacralization of the word and music of the opera that took place in the process of this search are given. It is revealed how the neomysterial genre mixes of French composers, along with the use of actual forms and means of musical expression, appeal to the traditions of ancient liturgical and paraliturgical genres (masses, passions, morality, miracles, martyrs, sacred representationsdialogues). The main vector of plot development (spiritual improvement of the protagonist) is traced, the result of which is a shift in emphasis from external events to internal ones.

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