Musicology Annotation << Back Instrumental Composition with Word: Problems of Theory and History of the Genre V.O. Petrov The paper is concerned with the problems of theory and history of a genre which was formed in the second half of the 20th century, an instrumental composition with word. The author reveals specific features of the genre; besides the statement of the individual signs of the genre, the author stipulates the reasons, why the instrumental composition with the word has been practiced on a large scab in modern music. The most important reason among those mentioned is the striving of many composers of the late 20th century towards the synthesis of arts and their urge to expand the sense ground of the instrumental genres. Keywords: 20th century music, instrumental composition with word, synthesis of arts. E-mail: petrovagk@yandex.ru C. 2–8