MODIFIED AND STABLE ELEMENTS OF MALANKA SONGS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MALANKA RITE

(on the example of expeditionary records of Sydoriv village, Ternopil region)

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to examine the time-spatial vectors of movement of Ukrainian musical folklore, in particular malanka songs through the prism of S. Hrytsa's concepts and our own analytical observations.
Research methodology. Ethnomusicological studies by S. Hrytsa, A. Ivanytskyi, B. Lukaniuk, and a number of others devoted to the problems of transformation of Ukrainian musical folklore were considered. The main basis of the
study was the author's own expeditionary recordings to the village of Sydoriv, Ternopil region, which is located within the Dniester area of the Malanka rite.
Conclusions. The time-spatial vector of Malanka songs from the moment of their origin to the present day has gone through a long way of development and modification. The local traditions of the village of Sydoriv have demonstrated the
stability of the Malanka rite over a period of almost a century, while retaining their own unique elements. Nevertheless, the rhythmic structure of the poem and the intonation formula remained unchanged through the centuries, and new relevant and more understandable texts were strung on it over time. The above studies confirmed S. Hrytsa's opinion about the variability of the text and the stability of the tune of Ukrainian musical folklore.
Novelty. The malanka songs of the studied village in the ethnomusicological discourse are included in the research and the prerequisites for the variability of the plots with the replacement of tradition with the actual theme of the struggle for the freedom of Ukraine, which forms the national and cultural identification of the younger generations, are traced.
Practical significance. The materials presented in the article can be used in pedagogical activities in classes on musical folklore, local history and performance practice of folklore groups.