SYNCRETIC TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY WESTERN EUROPEAN VOCAL AND CHORAL ART: THE CHALLENGE OF TODAY

Authors

  • Natalia GREBENUK Professor, Doctor of Arts, Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky, 11/13, Constitution Square, Kharkiv, 61003, Ukraine, natalia.teaching1979@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-2183
  • Olena BATOVSKA Professor, Doctor of Arts, Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky, 11/13, Constitution Square, Kharkiv, 61003, Ukraine, bathelen85@ukr.net https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1435-1245
  • Yana KYRYLENKO Associate Professor, PhD in Arts, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, 18/2, Bulvarno-Kudriavska Str, Kyiv, 04053, Ukraine, kyrylenko.yana78@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9823-3897
  • Tamara TESLER Senior lecturer, PhD in Art Studies, Kharkov State academy of culture, 4, Bursatsky uzviz, Kharkiv, 61057, Ukraine, tamara__voice336@gmail.com
  • Rafail HASANOV Lecturer, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, 18/2, Bulvarno-Kudriavska Str, Kyiv, 04053, Ukraine, liafarvongasah@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2021.2.11

Keywords:

Choral art. Harmonisation. Musical Art. Vocal work. Artistic image. Syncretism in music

Abstract

The aspects covered in the article proved the topicality of the research, in particular the analysis of contemporary Western European vocal and choral art presented the meanings embedded in the musical work, programmed interactive dialogue in the author-performer, listeners system, clearly demonstrating its syncretic trends in the modern conditions of development. The article reveals the essential features of syncretic trends of Western European contemporary vocal and choral art, indicates their significance for society. The foregrounding of the research is aimed at activating not only the creative mastery of certain boundaries, but also the expansion of the boundaries of personal experience. The aim of the research is achieved, namely the mechanism of integrating creativity of the representatives of contemporary Western European musical art in relation to art space is revealed on the example of creativity of the Italian composer Sciarrino, Italian composer Berio, Spanish composer and pianist Simarro. A retrospective coverage of the history of musicological thought in European humanities is presented, syncretic tendencies in modern Western European vocal and choral art are identified, its discourse is proposed as a challenge to the present. The study involved the following research methods: observations and conversations. The obtained research results can be further used as a developed model of forming vocal and choral thesaurus, which is in line with the current state of music, vocal and choral culture. Analysis of the peculiarities of the current state of choral art in Western Europe in the 20th — early 21st centuries is a promising area for further research.

Rezumat. TENDINȚE SINCRETICE ÎN ARTA VOCALĂ ȘI CORALĂ CONTEMPORANĂ DIN EUROPA OCCIDENTALĂ: PROVOCAREA DE ASTĂZI. Aspectele abordate în articol au dovedit actualitatea cercetării. În special analiza artei vocale și corale contemporane vest-europene a prezentat semnificațiile încorporate în opera muzicală, dialogul interactiv programat în sistemul autor-interpret, ascultători, demonstrând clar tendințele sincretice ale acesteia în condițiile moderne de dezvoltare. Articolul relevă caracteristicile esențiale ale tendințelor sincretice ale artei vocale și corale contemporane vest-europene, și indică semnificația acestora pentru întreaga societate. Prim-planul cercetării vizează activarea nu doar a stăpânirii creative a anumitor limite, ci și extinderea limitelor experienței personale. Scopul cercetării este atins, și anume mecanismul de integrare a creativității reprezentanților artei muzicale contemporane vest-europene în raport cu spațiul artistic este dezvăluit pe exemplul creativității compozitorului italian Sciarrino, al compozitorului italian Berio, și al compozitorului și pianistului spaniol Simarro. Este prezentată o acoperire retrospectivă a istoriei gândirii muzicologice în științele umaniste europene, sunt identificate tendințele sincretice în arta vocală și corală modernă vest-europeană. Discursul acesteia este propus ca o provocare pentru prezent. Studiul a implicat următoarele metode de cercetare: observația și conversația. Rezultatele obținute în urma cercetării pot fi utilizate în continuare ca model dezvoltat de formare a tezaurului vocal și coral, care este în concordanță cu starea actuală a muzicii, în special a culturii vocale și corale. Analiza particularităților stării actuale a artei corale în Europa de Vest în secolul XX - începutul secolului XXI este un domeniu promițător pentru cercetări ulterioare.

Cuvinte-cheie: Artă corală, armonizare, artă muzicală, lucrare vocală, imagine artistică, sincretism în muzică

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2021-12-30

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GREBENUK, N., BATOVSKA, O., KYRYLENKO, Y., TESLER, T., & HASANOV, R. (2021). SYNCRETIC TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY WESTERN EUROPEAN VOCAL AND CHORAL ART: THE CHALLENGE OF TODAY. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 66(2), 157–177. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2021.2.11

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