ХОРОВІ ТВОРИ МИКОЛИ ЛАСТОВЕЦЬКОГО НА СЛОВА ЛЕСІ УКРАЇНКИ: ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПРОЧИТАННЯ

Abstract

Іn every national culture we hear the names of poets, which are significant for each people. Such significant poetic triads for Ukrainians are Shevchenko, Franko, and Lesya Ukrayinka. The significance of their creativity can not be overemphasized: they have left not only high poetry for us, but also an example of service to our people, an example of a struggle for the future. The most prominent poets of our people have written many scientific works, works of art. Shevchenko, Franko, Lesyia Ukrainka’s poems inspired more than one generation of composers to create music of different genres and styles.The poetic gift of Lesya Ukrayinka grew on the basis of Ukrainian folk songs. The first “musical education” was the songs sung by ordinary women in their villages in Volyn. Piano lessons of Olha Dekonor developed the musical talent of the future poetess and forever left her love for music in her heart. In the rhythm-intonational structure of each of Lesya Ukrayinka’s poems the melody, the meter, and the dynamics are already laid.The special color and poetry gained importance in the choral works of Mykola Lastovetskiy – contemporary Ukrainian composer, musicologist, teacher, Honored Artist of Ukraine, member of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine. Choirs of M. Lastovetskiy on the words of Lesya Ukrayinka performed by different teams, but now described and analyzed by musicologists insufficient given that published recently – the first collection “Melodies and sadness Spring” was published in 2016, the collection “Contra spem spero!” is being prepared to print.The article shows the features of musical interpretation of the poetic cycle “Melodies” of Lesya Ukrayinka based on the analysis of literary and musical expressive means in choral cycle “Melodies of sorrow and hope” of Mykola Lastovetskiy. The rhythm-melodic and metro-rhythmic features of the poetry cycle of Lesya Ukrayinka, which formed the basis of the musical interpretation by the composer, have been analyzed. The article highlights the importance of musical and literary expressions in creating the composite integrity.