Композиторсько-редакційна діяльність Павла Маценка: збереження традицій національного хорового мистецтва в українській західній діаспорі
Pavlo Matsenko’s Composer-Editorial Activity: Preservation the Traditions of National Choral Art in Ukrainian Western Diaspora

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article. Research of composer-editorial heritage of a musicologist and composer of western Ukrainian diaspora Pavlo Matsenko (1897-1991), which is a valid component in the structure of his activity aimed at the preservation of national musical art. The methodology of research consists in the use of sources, theory and music for study and analysis of archive records, musical and theoretical analysis of choral heritage of the composer. Scientific novelty of research consists of musical and theoretical analysis and introduction to scientific community little known in Ukraine composer-editorial heritage of Pavlo Matsenko, substantiation of its role in the preservation of national choral art. Conclusions. Studying and comprehension of the composer-editorial heritage of Pavlo Matsenko, which matches his versatile activity as a pedagogue, a conductor, a musicologist and a cultural and community activist, is an essential and actual task for development of national musical choral culture. His belonging to the Kyiv choral school, reveals in an arrangement of church hymns and using of folk songs in his composer`s activity. Pavlo Matsenko`s work as an editor of music publications significantly extended the way of introduction of Ukrainian sacred music into the practice of diaspora`s church chorus.

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