Musicology Annotation << Back A. Schnittke. Three Poems by Viktor Schnittke Polina Y. Tsvetkova The article focuses on the analysis of the chamber-vocal cycle of Alfred Schnittke’s “Three Poems of Viktor Schnittke”. The author touches upon the chamber-vocal heritage of the composer, represented by early classical songs and compositions, written for the original cast, where the voice is often the part of the instrumental ensemble. The author introduces the unknown fact concerning the first performance of the “Three Poems of Viktor Schnittke” in Saratov, and also the event that prompted the composer to write this miniature. The portrait of Victor Schnittke – the poet, the translator and the journalist – is presented in the article. The three poems of the poet written in the German language and also translated into the Russian language are also presented in the article. The author researches the features of the genre of the poem with music in which the cycle is written, its musical drama which is based on the poetic text. It is noted that the proportion of the words and the music in the cycle demonstrates the careful attitude of the composer to the poetic line. For the first time in the article is given the holistic musicological analysis of the vocal cycle of Alfred Schnittke’s “Three Poems of Viktor Schnittke”. Special attention is paid to the problem of vocal performance. Keywords: poem, image, Victor Schnittke, word, translation. Contacts: E-mail: polinatsvetkova@mail.ru Pp. 03-10.