Folklore and Jazz Narratives of Transformation and Interpretation Author's Concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi in “Introduction and Tokata” Composition

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to define and specify the folklore-jazz narratives of the transformational-interpretive authorial concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi in the composition “Introduction and Toccata”, to propose an algorithm for the introduction of the latest artistic possibilities when mixing folklore and jazz, as a promising trend of the modern musical environment. The research methodology consists in considering analytical and systematic approaches to reveal the main principles and methods of applying folklore and jazz in compositional practice, as well as in approbation of the influence of the folklore-jazz direction on the artistic and performing aspect of the modern accordion and legend art of Ukraine in the first quarter of the 21st century. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the analysis and approbation of the transformative-interpretive author's concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi was conducted on the example of the author's composition “Introduction and Toccata”; the capacity and universality of the artistic and stylistic content of a certain author's composition are considered; new ideas and perspectives are proposed regarding the disclosure of the author's transformative-interpretive conceptual thought in the mixing and synthesis of folklore and jazz. Conclusions. Folk-jazz narratives of the modern transformative-interpretive author's concept of Volodymyr Hodlevskyi’s “Introduction and Toccata” consist in the introduction, improvement, growth and adaptation of modern artistic possibilities by mixing folklore, as a stronghold of traditional and stable ornamentation of cultural heritage, and jazz – modern, contemporary and the newest musical continent, which constantly needs development and modification in the prism of the improvised content of the present and transcription into the future cultural and artistic space.