Abstract
The article examines the publications of folk songs of 1919—1921, which are stored in the special fund of the Book Chamber of Ukraine — an inseparable part of the State Archive of Printing of 1917—1976, which contains literature banned by censors (the total number of publications of the special fund — 17 236). Both separate collections devoted entirely to the publication of folklore works and the publication of folk texts included in poetry collections with artistic author's texts are analyzed. In addition, taking into account the peculiarities of the period under study, the exploration also considered songs, the lyrics of which can be called "fakelore", or, in other words, pseudo-folklore. 17 editions of song texts from 1919 to 1921 were selected for the study, among which only three titles were devoted to traditional Ukrainian folklore: "Ten Ukrainian Folk Songs: Accompanied by a Piano" (1921), arranged by F. Blumendfeld; collection "Ukrainian folk songs (a capella): for mixed choir" (issue 4, 1920), compiled and arranged by P. Boychenko, and "School collection of Ukrainian folk songs for primary schools" (1919), compiled by S. Dremtsov. The remaining 14 copies are collections of revolutionary and workers' songs: 3 editions of "Battle Songs of the Communists" (all 1919); "Songs of Struggle to the End" (1919); "Workers' Liberation Songs" (1919); "Songs of the Revolution" (1919); "Battle Songs of the Revolution" (probably 1919); "Battle Songs of the Communists" (probably 1919); "Collection of Revolutionary Songs" (1920); "Revolutionary Songs" (1921, 2nd edition); "Under the Red Banner: Workers' Revolutionary Songs" (1920). After examining the part of the special fund of the Book Chamber of Ukraine, which consists of samples of folklore songs, we can conclude that in 1919—1921 the number of publications of traditional Ukrainian song folklore decreased significantly, while the volume of propaganda and ideological Bolshevik literature, on the contrary, increased rapidly.
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