THE THEMATICS OF M. SCHRUDE'S WORKS AND THE NEW IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMMATICITY

Marilyn Shrude (born 1946) is a major American composer whose compositions are performed by prominent musicians in the USA, Asia and Europe. She writes music in various genres, but the most famous are the composer's chamber instrumental works featuring the saxophone. They have become M. Shrude's calling card, as they reveal the most stable features of her compositional style. In Russia, M. Shrude's writings are almost unknown, and there are no studies of her work. The purpose of this article is to show that most of her chamber and instrumental compositions are programmatic, making her music more accessible and understandable to listeners