STYLISTIC AND DRAMATURGICAL FEATURES OF THE ROMANCE GENRE IN THE WORKS OF ZHANNA KOLODUB

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the place of vocal genres in the work of Zh. Kolodub, to analyze her tworomances “Where the river runs slowly” and “The Last Spring”, to reveal their artistic and figurative content, to identifythe connection between the poetic text of the poems and the means of their reproduction in music, to determine the stylistic features of these romances, to carry out a comparative analysis of their dramatic concepts. Methodology. A complexof scientific methods was used: historical and cultural studies – to identify the stylistic features of J. Kolodub’s romances, the method of complex music-theoretical analysis – to reveal the means of musical expression used, interdisciplinary – to identify the links between poetry and music in these works, comparative – for a comparative analysis of various dramaticconcepts. Scientific novelty. For the first time in Ukrainian musicology, two romances by Zh. Kolodub are analyzed in detail, their artistic and figurative content is revealed, their stylistic and dramatic features are defined, the connectionbetween the poetic text of the poems and the means of their embodiment in music is revealed, and a comparative analysis of the dramatic concept of these romances is carried out. Conclusions. Vocal genres occupy a significant place in the works of J. Kolodub. The two analyzed romances reproduce images of love traditional for this genre. In both works, there is a renewal of the means of musical expression, which is a characteristic trend in Ukrainian music of the secondhalf of the twentieth century. In the romance “Where the river runs slowly” there is a synthesis of different styles: signs of neo-romanticism, neo-folklore, and impressionism are combined with some modern compositional techniques (sonority, minimalism, and atonality). The romance “The Last Spring” shows signs of expressionism. Based on a comparative analysis of these vocal works, it was found that they have different dramaturgical concepts that fully correspond to the artistic and figurative content of the poetic texts. The results of the study can be used in courses on the historyof Ukrainian music, as well as in the process of practical training of professional vocalists in secondary and higher educational institutions of culture and arts.