Infernal images in the works of Russian composers

The novelty of the scientific work lies in the fact that for the first time the principles of embodiment of infernal fairytale images with ambivalent characteristics in the works of composers of the Russian school are revealed. The material of the research was such canvases of Russian symphonic opera music as: the symphonic fantasy Night on Bald Hill (1867) by M.P. Musorgsky under the editorship of N.A. Mironov. Rimsky-Korsakov''s play The Hut on the Chicken Legs from the cycle Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) by M.P. Mussorgsky orchestrated by M.Ravel (1922); the scene Night on Mount Triglav from the opera ballet Mlada (1889) by N.A. M.Mussorgsky. Rimsky-Korsakov; Picture to the Russian folk fairy tale for the big orchestra Baba-Yaga (1904) folk tale for the orchestra Kikimora (1909) by A.K. Lyadov; scene Fatal Dance of Kocheyev''s Kingdom from the ballet The Firebird (1910) by I.F. Stravinsky. In addition the material of the study was also literary and poetic works of domestic authors - A.S. Pushkin M.Yu. Lermontov N.V. Gogol F.M. Dostoevsky A.P. Chekhov K.D. Balmont A.K. Tolstoy N.S. Leskov M.A. Bulgakov and others as well as the work of Russian painters - V.M. Vasnetsov I.Y. Bilibin S.V. Malyutin M.A. Vrubel etc.