Abstract
The article deals with the problems of intermedial interaction of different types of arts – music and literature, painting and literature based on the stories of M. Kabanbaev. The emphasis in the article is on the compositional structure and images of the characters. As a result of the study, the musical repertoire was identified, the correspondence between the musical form and composition of a prose work was determined, verbal music in prose was analyzed, which helps to recreate the specifics of musical experience. The importance of different types of arts in the life and work of Kazakh writers of the twentieth century is emphasized.