Specifics of Vocal Repertoire of Students-Actresses (on the Example of Ukrainian Folk Songs Arrangements): Musical and Performing Aspect

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to determine the main musical performance features of the vocal repertoire of students-actresses (using the example of selected arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs for a female voice accompanied by a piano) and highlight their role in the selection of vocal works in the field of stage arts. Research methodology. General scientific methods are used in this article: cognitive, analytical, comparative; particular musical-theoretical methods: musical­analytical method, vocal­performing analysis. Results. Some of the most significant musical and artistic features of the arrangement of Ukrainian folk songs, which serve their widespread use in the repertoire of future specialists of the dramatic scene, in particular, are: the variety of their genre and thematic composition, the lightness of the verbal text, the simple form of musical verse, which together create suitable conditions for solving musical, vocal­technical and artistic-performing tasks of the work. Widely used in the vocal repertoire of students-actresses (on the example of KhSAC) are the Ukrainian composers’ arrangement of folk songs of a narrow range (from a minor sixth to a perfect octave), where performers are not given complex vocal and technical tasks, however, they require future actresses to master such important factors of singing phonation as singing breathing, various types of sound science (legato, staccato), expressive articulation, as well as a vivid acting embodiment of the vocal and artistic image of the work. Novelty. For the first time, the article considers the specificity of the singing repertoire of future actresses (using the example of selected arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs for a female voice accompanied by a piano) in the musical­performing plane and identifies the main parameters of introducing this musical material into the vocal repertoire of future stage art specialists. The practical significance. The article contains information that is useful for professional representatives of drama arts sphere, vocal pedagogy and students-actors in the aspect of vocal and performing skills development. Сonclusions. The main musical performance characteristics of the vocal repertoire of future actresses (using the example of selected arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs for female voice accompanied by a piano) are defined as follows: a narrow vocal range of the song, which is important for the vocal performance of actresses, whose singing range is generally not complete (most often reaches up to one and a half octaves); consistency of the musical material with a change in the mode and tone altitude (fretonal pitch), which allows to freely select the desired tonality that is most convenient for the performer; expressive artistic and emotional content of the work, which together play a leading role in the selection of the singing repertoire of future specialists in the dramatic sphere.