ALONG WITH THE SONG: LEARN ITALIAN “CON ANIMA E PASSIONE”

Abstract

The article analyzes the phenomenon of the Italian language in the world music tradition and Italian songs in the world cultural history. Italian songs and recognizable language of modern musical terms represent a vivid cultural image of Italy which promotes interest to the country and its language. The article considers a historical aspect of advancement in Europe of modern Italian songs that have appeared in the process of artistic learning and processing of regional Italian musical material, primarily of Naples and Venice. First for the Western Europe and subsequently for Russia, music has started to sound like Italian, speak in Italian and be written in Italian. It is one of the main reasons of familiarizing the Europeans, including the Russians, with the Italian language. The Italian language has become a base for special terms that are used to describe musical components. Modern classical musicians, folk and popular singers use the terms that demonstrate the influence of the Italian language. From the very frst step in primary music education, people face “Italian” musical terminology. It encompasses amateur musical environment as well as professional one and shapes a wide interest towards learning Italian. The article shows the process of generating incentives to a deliberate and steady learning Italian via studying Italian musical and song cultures, plunging in songs and the “Italian language” of the world music in Russia and in the USSR. The article analyzes the transformation of the interest to Italian songs into the interest to the Italian language in Russia; overcoming of the emerging linguistic substitutions in Russian-Italian communicative and cultural exchange for real life Italian language; creating premises for learning Italian on the basis of authentic Italian songs. Italian sons have become a guide in learning Italian for the Russians.