Musicology Annotation << Back Painting As the Major Factor of Development of Compositional Style in the Piano Music of Edison Denisov Nelly Gataullina The article is dedicated to the phenomenon of “painting” in Edison Denisov’s piano music. This notion is identified with the composer’s name and style, his images and composition techniques. The article contains a brief characteristic of his piano music: its genre, image-bearing content. Denisov’s “painting approach” to piano music is classified according to characteristics of colour, genre, the latter being typical for the art of painting (landscape picture, portrait). It also involves the notion of light, interpreted by the composer in the aspect of philosophy. A special attention is given to using such painting techniques as water colour, gouache, grisaille, oil painting as compared to composition techniques. The analysis brings the author to a conclusion that the piano generated the composer’s interest in searching new combinations of allied arts, as well as sound experiments, which highlights such a stylistic criterion as sonority. Denisov’s works “Signs on white”, “Dots and lines”, “Reflections” reveals certain ideas, artistic principles and stylistic directions inherent to the art of painting. Keywords: E. Denisov, V. Kandinsky, A. Fonvizin, painting techniques, composition techniques, impressionism, piano, piano works. Contacts: E-mail: nellya@list.ru Pp. 16-22.