Comparative poetics оf composers’ creativity іn the formation of the European cultural paradigm
Abstract
The study of common and distinctive features of national cultures, principles of their interaction and development in historical and modern aspects is one of the urgent tasks of modern humanities. The present contribution is a comparative study of two musical cultures – Romanian and Ukrainian – on the example of the creative activity of their prominent representatives Borys Lyatoshynsky and George Enescu. The relevance of the study is determined by the need for further development of comparative cultural studies, the need for scientific reflection on the specifics of the development of European musical cultures in the twentieth century, and the lack of study of typological parallels of Ukrainian and Romanian musical cultures. The search for creative parallels and distinctive features in the compositional oeuvre of Borys Lyatoshynsky and George Enescu determined the purpose of the study. The study uses a set of methods: historical and cultural, biographical, interdisciplinary, comparative, genre and style analysis, generalisation and systematisation. One of the obvious common features is the universalism of both creative personalities, which is confirmed by their significant achievements in all types of musical activity. The appeal to folk song sources, the influence of romanticism, modern musical trends of the early twentieth century, similar genre-stylistic preferences, and a tendency to conducting and pedagogical activities are undeniable coincidences in the compositional practice of both artists. Distinctive features of creative activity are conditioned by the features of socio-cultural systems in which composers were formed. At the same time, the full professional self-realization of both artists and outstanding creative results suggest that a master of great talent can realise his potential in a socio-cultural system of both open and closed types. The practical significance of the study is determined by the broad prospects for further development of the proposed topic, the use of materials in scientific research on the relevant topic and the possibility of their introduction into lecture courses of art universities
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