Musicology Annotation << Back Frederick Rzewski. To periodization creative heritage Vladislav O. Petrov The article is devoted to one of the leaders of the musical avant-garde of the XX - beginning of XXI centuries. Considered the periodization of the composer through the prism of the major achievements of the author. Basic overview opuses Rzewski presented through the prism of changing aesthetic views of the composer, and the aesthetic views of themselves - in the light of the common features of the postmodern world, characterizing the specifi ed time. Keywords: Frederick Rzewski, postmodernism, periodization of creativity, instrumental composition with the word, aesthetics. Contacts: E-mail: petrovagk@yandex.ru Pp. 12-25.