Vocal Frankiana of Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyi
Vocal Frankiana of Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyi

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to highlight the musical language of the vocal Frankiana by Bohdan-Yuriy Yanivskyi. Methodology of the research consists in application of musicology approach for implementation of musical and theoretical analysis of vocal works by B.-Yu. Yanivskyi based on the poems by I. Franko. Scientific novelty lies in the fact that musicological analysis of the vocal Frankiana by B.-Yu. Yanivskyi, presented in printed sheet music publications and materials of archival funds, was done for the first time. Conclusions. Vocal Frankiana of B.-Yu. Yanivskyi includes three songs for solo performance: "Chervona kalyno, chogo v loozi gneshsia?" ("Guilder rose, why do you bend in the meadow?"), "Oi zhalyu miy, zhalyu" ("My sorrow, my sorrow") and "Sobachyi vals" ("Dog waltz"). It is characterized by the deep penetration of the composer into the poetry by Kameniar and subtle "transmission" of all its nuances, which are reflected in the musical language. Vocal Frankiana of B.-Yu. Yanivskyi has organically combined folklore sources, traditions of the classical romance and the achievements of modern Ukrainian popular music.

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