МИСТЕЦЬКІ ВЗАЄМИНИ МИКОЛИ ЛИСЕНКА ТА МОДЕСТА МЕНЦИНСЬКОГО КРІЗЬ ПРИЗМУ ЕПІСТОЛЯРІЮ
ARTISTIC RELATIONS BETWEEN MYKOLA LYSENKO AND MODEST MENCINSKY THOUGH A PRISM OF EPISTOLARY

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the artistic relations of two outstanding Ukrainian cultural figures – Mykola Lysenko and Modest Mencinsky – through the prism of their correspondence. The author con- cludes that the epistolary dialogues full of different topics. Here you can find lines that relate to personal problems, with which M. Lysenko delicately shares with his addressee. However, the most important topics in the correspondence turned out to be all Ukrainian cultural issues, which are still relevant today. However, more pages in the letters are full of emotions for Ukrainian culture. N. Lysenko not only sharpens his gaze on this or that aspect, but also tries to give an answer to them, and very often even finds ways to solve seemingly extremely difficult tasks. We are facing a man endowed with an analytical mind. It is interesting to observe that the addressee of the composer is completely imbued with these questions, which M. Lysenko raises. We can conclude that the letters to the composer M. Mencinsky – the phenomenon is not accidental. Although their personal acquaintance did not happen, however, it becomes clear from correspondence how much these two artistic souls are related. In the person of Modest Mentsinsky, Nikolai Lysenko found his "own" addressee, who unconditionally checked all the sore inner thoughts. And although the composer and the singer never had to meet in life, their written dialogues are full of such deep, colourful, polyphonic content, sometimes it is impossible to achieve this in live communication. This is a unique case of the epistolary relations of two great Ukrainian ones, who took great care of the glory of Ukrainian music in the world, enriched Europe with the musical culture of their nation.

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