RECOLLECTION JOURNALISTIC DISCOURSE ON REVEREND OSTAP NYZHANKIVSKYI

Abstract

The article examines memorial journalism and articles from the newspapers of the Ukrainian diaspora of the second half of the 20th century dedicated to the social and cultural and educational figure, composer, conductor Priest Ostap Nyzhankivskyi. The author highlights the thematic content of the memoir printed sources by Ivan Bodnaruk, Ostap Bobykevych, Osip Zaleskyi, Andriy Kigichak on the pages of "New Path", "America", "Our Call", "Ukrainian Word", "Path of Victory". The biographical material that deepens the biography and milestones of the artist of Eastern Galicia is analyzed. The popularity of the figure of Ostap Nyzhankivskyi is understood in the context of the development of the socio-cultural space of the region on the basis of investigated newspaper articles. The source-scientific, axiological, cognitive value of journalistic articles that "saw the world" in the non-national world space is argued. Prominent descendants of the Nyzhankivskyi family, as well as pages of the artist's life during different years are mentioned and described in the article. In addition, attention is paid to the choral heritage of Ostap Nyzhankivsky thanks to the printed memories of Ivan Bodnaruk. The Nyzhankivskys' family talent for music is outlined, in particular speaking about his son of Nestor Nyzhankivskyi, as well as creative communication with prominent figures Solomiya Krushelnytska, Ivan Franko, Oleksandr Koshyts, that is described in the publication of Ostap Bobykevych. The value of the composer's artistic flair and public activity in the creation of "Lviv Boyan", "Berezhan Boyan", "Stryy Boyan", "Musical Library" which is presented in the publication of Osip Zaleskyi is determined. The tragic events of the priest's death were clarified through the memoirs of Andriy Kigichak. It has been proven that memorial printed sources are valuable archive material in the modern socio-cultural space of Ukraine. It is argued that the analyzed materials will be a respectable basis for researchers of a number of issues from the historical and musical past period of Eastern Galicia of the second half of the 19th century, in particular the activities of the priestly elite of the region in the development of Ukrainian statehood, the creative work of Ostap Nyzhankivskyi, as well as for cultural scientists and musicologists who study sociocultural pages of the period of belonging to the Polish state.