MUSICOLOGICAL-CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC-AESTHETIC ANALYSIS OF THE GENRE PALETTE OF CHURCH CHANTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF CANONICAL AND NON-CANONICAL WORKS

Abstract

A comprehensive musicological and cultural cross-section of the specifics of the use of spiritual genres of sacred music during church services is carried out; the problem of the presence of canonical liturgical texts in these spiritual chants is highlighted; The specifics of the existence of the studied genres of sacred music with secular, non-canonical texts on church themes in the Orthodox tradition are determined. A musical-theoretical, artistic-aesthetic and lexical-phonetic analysis of the genre spectrum of sacred music of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, which crystallized over the centuries in church practice and still exists in Orthodox worship, is made. Among the main genres: spiritual Cant, Psalm, Monody, Spiritual Song, church prayer of ancient Ukrainian everyday melody, Canon. It is noted that Orthodox music in symbiosis with oral folk art influenced the formation of the entire genre and style palette of national music, nurtured the aesthetic culture of our people, contributed to the awareness of national identity by means of musical art.