VOCAL SHASHKEVYCHIANA OF BOHDAN-YURIY YANIVSKYI (FOR THE 180TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF MARKIYAN SHASHKEVYCH)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research of the works of Markiyan Shashkevych (1811−1843) – «a true poet with great talent» (Wozniak, 1911, p. 22), whose images and poetics he drew from Ukrainian folk songs. Ukrainian composer Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyі (1941−2005), did not miss her attention, creating two vocal masterpieces on the texts of romance. The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of reading of Markiyan Shashkevychʹs poetry in Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyiʹs vocal artefacts, to describe the means of musical expressiveness, their importance in creating an artistic image. Methodology of the research consists in application of musicology approach for implementation of musical and theoretical analysis of vocal works by Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyiʹs based on the poems by Markiyan Shashkevych. Scientific novelty. For the first time, two vocal compositions accompanied by a piano («To my darling», «Thought» («The moon dashed in the clear sky…»), the necessity of their introduction into the concert practice, their role in the composerʹs creative heritage are emphasized. Conclusions. Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyi has comprehended Markiyan Shashkevychʹs poetry very creatively, interpreting it in a specific way, deepening the meaning, organically combining folk (kolomyjkaʹs) and romance elements with harmonic and rhythmic expressive means of light pop music. The artist brought some naive, sentimental verses of «Galician riser» to the contemporary listener. Vocal Shashkevychiana of Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyi takes a worthy place within the artist's compositions. It extends the coordinates of the chamber vocal creativity to words by Markiyan Shashkevych not only in the Ukrainian but also in the Slavic musical scope, confirms a deep understanding of poetry, its subtle composing reading embodied in the musical text.