Kontakty artystyczne pianistki Hali Łewyckiej (na podstawie materiałów z jej biblioteki prywatnej)

Abstrakt

The article describes the private book collection of the outstanding Ukrainian pianist and teacher Halya Levytska [Halyna Levytska, 1901–1949]. Music was H. Levytska's vocation throughout her life, and the musical nature of the collection helps to form an idea of the level of musical and technical performance, the popularity of composers, the „geographyˮ of the distribution of the products of music publishing houses. The complex historical and socio-political circumstances in Galicia in the first half of the 20 th century led to the dispersion of the collection among various private and institutional collections. Therefore, the question of the completeness of the preservation of the collection of H. Levytska remains open. The main sign of personal belonging to the book collection of H. Levytska is the presence of the stamp „From the books of Halya Levytskaˮ on all copies; besides it, we often find her personal signature; ownership inscriptions of various persons from the Levitskyi family were found on the copies. Their contacts with many figures of literature and art in Galicia, and then Vienna, wide access to printed products of Lviv, Krakow, Vienna, Münich, Berlin were of decisive importance for the formation of the nature and composition of the book collection. There were different ways of replenishing H. Levytska's music and book collection: handwritten copying of musical works, purchase in bookstores, donations. Many sheet music and book editions were purchased in Lviv bookstores, as evidenced by the stamps on the editions. In the collection of H. Levytska, the sheet music collection – handwritten and printed – predominates quantitatively. The genre range of musical works is wide – from symphonic, operatic to chamber-instrumental and vocal music. Manuscripts of spiritual works make up a considerable share. At the same time, piano music predominates quantitatively, which is natural given the owner's concert and teaching activities.