The “Shepit hutsulka” by the Palahniuk brothers: structure, dramaturgy, performance style.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the investigation of the performance version of “Hut- sulka”, audio-recorded in 2007 by the band of the Palagniuks brothers from the vil- lage of Shepit of Kosiv district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The musical-textological and performance analyzes of the piece were carried out on the basis of the violin part transcribed by the author of the article from the bandmaster Yuriy Danyshchuk “Palahnyuk” (b. 1951). The history of the formation of the most common composi- tional dance model in the Kosmach-Brustury tradition in the last quarter of the 20th – the first quarter of the 21st centuries is traced. It was found that this model served as the basis for Yu. Danyshchuk’s performance of a specific version of “Hutsulka”. Features of the structure and dramaturgical development of the work have been re- vealed, among which there are canonical traditional and individually stylistic ones. The consideration of the performance style of the band is based on the ethnophonic investigation of the violinist manner of playing, and the textural analysis of the com- mon sound of the band. The purpose of the texture analysis is to determine the role of the violinist, cymbal player and tambourine player in the creative tandem of the three Danyschuk brothers “Palahnyuks”. The version considered in the article is not as extended as possible, because it was not performed in the context of musical tradition, but for recording to represent the most canonical melodies of the dance. Its musical form is through-and-through with signs of tripartiteness and tonal reprise within the second, Kozachok section. The dramaturgy of the piece can be traced at the compositional (tonal and tessitura move- ments, the logic of the sequence of themes) and performance style (tempo, rhythmic organization, manners of articulation and ornamentation, dynamics, timbre, character of sound) levels. The Palahniuk brothers recreated a dramaturgical concept through the prism of their interpretation. The creative ideas of the violinist Yuriy Danyshchuk, who “led the band”, were immediately supported by his brothers - a cymbalist Mykola Danysh- chuk and a drum player Mykhailo Danyshchuk. The synergetic effect of the playing of the three Palahniuk brothers is exceptionally strong. It arises due to the perfect en- semble coherence of the participants, based on a deep understanding of the piece, the emotional compatibility of the musicians, common dramaturgical and aesthetic style ideas. Palahniuks brothers played a significant role in the preservation, transmission and performance evolution of the traditional repertoire of the Kosmach-Brustury re- gion. Their creative achievements in the genre Hutsulka were adopted and developed by talented musicians of the younger and youngest generations.