From the Land of Romanticism: creative intersections

Section 2. Music space of Ukraine

Abstract

Statement of the problem. Modern scientific positions undoubtedly contribute to the actualization of the artistic picture of the first half of the 20th century perception. It is no secret that the biographies of many representatives of the creative community of that time are still full of 'white spots' or, upon closer examination, turn out to be quite significantly 'edited' in accordance with the requirements of a certain period of official ideology. Intercultural contacts in Ukrainian artistic life, expansion of their spectrum, rethinking of the usual understanding of their essence, etc., are an equally wide field of activity for humanitarian scientists. Recent research and publications. The anniversary of Juliusz Zarłbski (1854- 1885) united around the name of the famous Zhytomyr native numerous researchers of his life and work, not only from different cities of Ukraine (Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Drohobych, Kamianets-Podilskyi), but also from Warsaw, Poznań, Strasbourg, etc. The result was the appearance of the first collection of source studies, genealogical, analytical and memoir materials 'Juliusz Zarębski: known and unknown' (2024), the pages of which demonstrate the discussion-polylogue of scientists not only in space, but also in time: together with active modern researchers, it's equally participates the historian Aleksander Jelski (1834-1916) the author of one of the firsts tudy about Zarębski and Zhytomyr and local historian Olena Venceslavska (1911-1996). A reasonable comparison of many life and work parameters of Viktor Kosenko and Fryderyk Chopin has already appeared in previous publications by the authors of the proposed research (Shamayeva, 2022; Shamayeva & Volosatykh, 2023a,b). The work of Stanislaw Dybowski (2005) contains quite significant material regarding the Ukrainian context of Aleksander Michałowski's creativity. Objectives, methods, and novelty of the research. The purpose of the article can be seen in the actualization of the European romantic culture phenomena for the processes of further research of domestic musical art. The scientific novelty of the proposed research is also attempts to understand the unpredictable ways of spreading and imitating the romantic tradition in Ukrainian musical culture, unexpected points of contact and intersection of the life and creative paths of Fryderyk Chopin, Juliusz Zarębski, Aleksander Michałowski and Viktor Kosenko. The research is based on the application of a complex interdisciplinary approach, biographical, historical-typological and comparative methods. Conclusion. Fryderyk Chopin, Juliusz Zarębski, Viktor Kosenko romantics by nature of creativity, artistic worldview, features of pianistic performance; they are also united by the tragic circumstances of a short life, which seemed to be defined by the Fate of a romantic artist. All three turned out to be connected with Volyn region in one way or another: in the case of Chopin, this is the penetration of characteristic musical intonations of Ukrainian folklore into many of his works, in the case of Zarębski - origin, creativity, contacts, in the case of Kosenko - a sudden encounter with the artistic phenomenon of Zhytomyr of the 10s -20s of the 20th century. The return to the domestic context of artists who are nominally considered to be representatives of other national art schools, but at the same time are directly connected to Ukraine by the circumstances of life and creativity, is a topical subject of modern musicological research. It is equally important to overcome the distorted perception of many figures and phenomena of Ukrainian musical culture of the 20th century, in particular in the aspect of their isolated consideration, outside of any pan-European panorama.