The poetic priorities of vocal works by western Ukrainian composers of the late nineteenth – first third of the twentieth century

Поетичні пріоритети вокальних творів західноукраїнських композиторів кінця ХІХ – першої третини ХХ ст.

Abstract

The culture of every nation is marked by the features of its national mentality. Mentality is the perception of the world, the feeling of the world, the naturally and historically determined mental makeup, the national character, which is reflected in the language, culture, customs, material and spiritual activities of the people. The idea of the national in the musical art of Western Ukraine was embodied through reliance on the immanent features of regional folklore, harmonic and melodic rhythmic archetypes. The national idea has always been a universal substance in the structure of the Ukrainian mentality. And the native language has become one of its main carriers. The language element played an important role in the national and cultural revival. As in other national cultures, the development of Ukrainian vocal music was closely linked to the development of national poetry. The appeal to the poetry of Taras Shevchenko, Lesya Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Oleksandr Oles and other authors, which concentrated the characteristic features of the Ukrainian mentality, the selection of texts and their interpretation determined the special features of Western Ukrainian solos, and became evidence of a strong connection with the national tradition.