THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE FUNCTIONING OF BRASS INSTRUMENTS AS PART OF THE “TROISTI MUZYKY” ENSEMBLE

Abstract

The study summarizes the historical context of the functioning of brass instruments as part of the national instrumental ensemble of the troisti muzyky. The purpose of the article is to study the historical context of the functioning of brass instruments in the modern composition of the “troisti muzyky", as well as the performance features of the ensemble in the context of ethnomusicological research. The methodology of the study consists of the following methods: analytical, historical and chronological, generalizing, source study, and deduction. The scientific novelty of the study is to investigate the functioning of brass instruments in the modern composition of the troisti muzyky ensemble. Conclusions. The functioning of copper brass instruments in the modern composition of the “troisti muzyky” is associated with the development of folk ensemble performance, which has been established in the folklore and amateur environment since the second third of the nineteenth century. Since then, the ensemble composition has changed, which laid the foundation for scientific observations of the activities of the “troisti muzyky” over a long historical period. Initially, this ensemble type consisted of violin, bassoon, and tambourine, but later brass instruments such as trumpet, trombone, tuba, etc. were also used. The mobility of the brass group's structure and acoustic features, such as sound power or timbral brightness, were the factors that contributed to their consolidation in the ensemble. This also influenced the popularization of national song and instrumental music, as well as its further integration into already modern forms of performance. All these processes have been recorded for a long time in the form of folk music archives, documentary evidence, audio recordings, and in the research works of Ukrainian ethnomusicologists.