З МУЗИЧНОЇ ІСТОРІЇ ВИЗВОЛЬНИХ ПІСЕНЬ ПРОБЛЕМНІ НАРИСИ

Abstract

Liberation song is a special genre of mass oral and writing art which expresses the spirit of protest, the people’s struggle against oppression, their rights of freedom, for their social, national, and universal rights, and it is an effective means of orienta- tion and organizing the vast majority of society. Such a song is usually attributed to an author if necessary, and, having become widespread and even often worldwide, it is adopted into folklore. Such songs can also to some extent be modified due to the influence of public artistic thinking. Therefore its theory, history and practice create apparent ethnomusicological research interest. The proposed problem essays discuss the history of five popular Ukrainian (or those of countries closely related to Ukraine) liberation songs – older and newer, both in terms of appearing during the last three centuries (1654–1921), and in musical and poetic style. According to their international significance, their original sources, and the way evolutions are revealed, most are still little known or completely unknown. These mostly debatable attempts to resolve the issues require further studies, which are sure to open more than a few fascinating pages in the country’s past. This issue of “Ethnomusic” includes the following three essays (previously see: [Lukanyuk 2022a]). Keywords: liberation song, Ukraine, primary sources, musical history, ways of evolution.