Domestic Guitar School: Historical Heritage of Performance Traditions and Development Prospects

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyse the problems of historical heredity of performing traditions of the domestic guitar school and to provide a generalised view of the prospects for the development of guitar art in the domestic cultural and educational space in the context of the guitar evolution. Research methods. Historical-theoretical and executive analyses were used to solve the tasks of the research. Scientific novelty. This paper is a highlight of the specifics of performing traditions and national schools, as well as the results of the analysis of prospects for the development of the domestic guitar school in modern conditions. There is an attempt to shed light on the current “postmodern” artistic situation in Ukraine. Conclusions. The article covers the history of the guitar origin as a professional musical instrument and the history of performance on the classical guitar in Ukraine in the context of the influence of Western European performing culture. The development of guitar schools is analysed in tertiary artistic establishments of Ukraine, a guitar art is considered within the framework of actual postmodern discourse and in the context of development of world guitar art.
 Key words: Ukrainian guitar school, guitar art, guitar, performing tradition, performing school, historiogenesis of guitar art.