Music and Time Annotation << Back The landmark milestones of national history in the choral work of composers of Kabardino-Balkaria: Boris Temirkanov – cantata "Triptych of the era" A.N. Butenko The article deals with the figurative and musical dramaturgy of Boris Temirkanov’s cantata "Triptych of the Era". The sociohistorical aspect of the essay is determined. The thematic area covers the periods of change in the political system of Russia in the 1910s, the New Economic Policy and the beginning of the grandiose All-Union construction projects of 1920–1930, the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945. The specificity of means of musical expressiveness, which characterizes separate historical stages, is revealed. The form of interpretation of the quoted material is covered. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the implementation of ethno-musical semantics and its influence on rhythm, texture, modal organization. As a result, the dramatic effect of the North Caucasian authentic principles of performance used by the composer is revealed. Keywords: Boris Temirkanov, cantata, cantatas and oratorios, choral art, choral music, composers of Kabardino-Balkaria, composer and folklore. Contacts: Е-mail: but_andrey@mail.ru Pp. 15-22.