Popular music of Sambir region on exemplified by the region's vocal-instrumental ensembles

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to explore and highlight the formation of popular music in the creative activity of vocalinstrumental collectives of the Sambir region. The methodology is to use the biographical method in the study of the creative activity of the team. Since there is no scientific research and work related to the retrospective analysis of the creative activity of the vocal-instrumental collectives of the Sambir region, the interviewing method was used as the main method of gathering information in the research to study and describe outstanding personalities, artistic phenomena, and events in society. The scientific novelty is to analyze the activity of vocal-instrumental collectives of the Sambir region and their creative contribution to the sphere of popular music of the present. Conclusions. The development of the musical culture of the region in the field of popular music is closely linked to socio-cultural trends, interconnected with the culture of other countries. The interest of the audience of the region is concentrated on the modern popular musical activity of vocal and instrumental groups. Reflections of such tendencies influence the formation of the repertoire policy of vocal-instrumental ensembles of the Sambir region. The results of the research focus on the analysis of the biographies of the executives, the number of participants, the repertoire, as well as the activities of such vocal and instrumental groups as the male group "Credo" and the female group "Lada".