UKRAINIAN INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE MUSIC WITH THE GUITAR IN THE LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES
Abstract
The article deals with Ukrainian instrumental ensemble music with the participation of the guitar in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Several existing studies related to the chosen topic are analyzed. The classification of instrumental ensembles according to various features is presented. The features of the sound and activity of various ensembles with the participation of guitar and other musical instruments are characterized, namely the most common combinations, such as guitar and flute, guitar and violin, guitar and domra, as well as the features of unique and rare combinations – guitar and gusli, guitar and bandura. The author reviews the works of talented Ukrainian composers who wrote pieces for instrumental ensembles with the participation of guitar and other musical instruments (F. Bernat, A. Boyko, M. Vihula, H. Matviyiv, O. Herasymenko, S. Hrytsayenko, E. Milka). The significant achievements of some outstanding guitarists-performers (A. Ostapenko, Y. Shutko) are mentioned.
Examples of creative instrumental groups with the participation of the guitar in the cultural space of Ukraine are given, their creative and performing activities are characterized (duets: «Duetto Concertante», «Flautando», duet of Ivan
Lysytsia and Olga Kyselova, «Frumin & Galaydyuk», duet of O. Herasymenko and Ichiro Suzuki, duet of R. Hrynkiv and Eldy Meola, «Taina», duet of L. Sakharova and E. Shtepa; trios: «Classic+»; quartets: Instrumental quartet of K.
Sokolov, S. Melkunov, K. Genel, G. Weinbaum; ensembles with a large number of participants: ensemble of M. Kochetkov, V. Trukhachev, V. Lomov, N. Shaykhlislamov, I. Kantyukov, V. Timashov, E. Ryaboy, A. Burov, I. Yurchenko, and V. Khrenov, «Native Tunes», the folk amateur instrumental ensemble «Watercolors», «Bandura Plus», and the folk amateur group «Nadiya»). In addition, the author analyzes the musical activities of Ukrainian orchestras featuring the guitar (Ukrainian Folk Orchestra of Ukrainian Radio and Television). The importance of guitar ensembles for the development of guitar art and cultural heritage of Ukraine is emphasized.
