CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF UKRAINIAN GUITAR STUDIES : A REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify and characterise the main conceptual foundations of Ukrainian guitar studies based on the analysis of scientific research of the first decades of the twenty-first century.
Research methodology. The study uses the basic principles of historiographical and source research methods, which allowed us to systematise the information about the scientific works under consideration in a certain way. The methods of analysis and synthesis allowed us to distinguish the main ideas of these works from the positions relevant to modern Ukrainian guitar studies.
The results. The analysis of the main content created in the first decades of the XXI century in the field of guitar studies has shown that the most studied problems are such as the history of guitar art in the synthesis of performing and composing creativity, the concept of universalism in explication on guitar creativity has gained significant development, features of which can be seen in the work of most prominent guitarists, traced some of the ways in which the Ukrainian guitar school was formed, analysed numerous examples of musical works by foreign and Ukrainian authors, etc.
At the same time, a number of problems need to be studied that we consider extremely relevant for the further formation of the guitar studies field, including a holistic vision of the ways of evolution of the Ukrainian guitar school as a phenomenon of European musical art, the connection of the musical and performing archetype of the guitarist and his «stylistic portrait» with national, mental, aesthetic, psychological and other important factors of influence. In studying these issues, we see prospects for further research in the field of guitar studies. Novelty. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the identification and systematisation of the main ideas of scientific works of the first decades of the twenty-first century in the field of Ukrainian guitar studies.
The practical significance. The results of the study can be used in the educational process in music institutions of higher education.