Musicology Annotation << Back N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov – the scientist: refl ections of the Russian composer about music of R. Wagner Grigoriy R. Konson The article considers the views of Nikolai A. Rimsky-Korsakov on the music of Richard Wagner, in particular, of one of the scientifi c works of the composer – «Wagner. The Aggregated Composition of the Two Arts, or Musical Drama» written in 1892 and originally entitled «Wagner and Dargomyzhsky». Rimsky-Korsakov in his work examines the nature of Wagner’s text (in the aspect of operatic drama and prospects of its development), performing and musical-expressive means, the principles of opera’s architectonic. Rimsky-Korsakov analyzes stylistic features of Wagner’s music in the context of the main directions of the German composer’s lifetime. As a result, the author of this research identifi es the specifi city of the analytical method of Rimsky-Korsakov that is associated with the ideals and norms of Russian art and culture. Keywords: N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard Wagner, musical drama, musical aesthetics, analytical method. Contacts: E-mail: gkonson@yandex.ru Pp. 18-24.