GENRES OF VIOLIN MUSIC IN THE WORK OF KHARKIV COMPOSERS 1920–1930 YEARS

Abstract

The article considers the peculiarities of the development of violin music in the work of Kharkiv composers in the context of the historical and geopolitical situation in Ukraine in the 1920’s and 1930’s and its influence on the genre and style priorities of the composer’s work. It was found out that only certain aspects of the development of violin music by composers of the Kharkiv school were considered in domestic historical-cultural and art-historical works. Insufficient study of the development and genre features of violin music in the works of Kharkiv composers actualizes the subject of this investigation. It was noted that the new needs of the time regarding the mass and democratization of art had an extremely negative effect on the functioning of violin music, which by its nature did not correspond to the general trends of globalization and the reflection of the revolutionary spirit. The expression of personal feelings, lyrical moods, and philosophical ideas organic to violin works was considered anti-revolutionary in nature. So, at this time, there are few solo violin works, more often this instrument was used in ensembles. For example, K. Boguslavskyi and S. Drimtsov turned to the genres of string quartet, the themes of whose works were based on the melodies of folk songs. One of the few Kharkiv artists who wrote for solo violin was M. Kolyada, whose works include Prelude, Scherzo, three-part Sonata № 1 and Variations (1930) for violin and piano. According to their intonation structure, these works are based on Ukrainian folklore melos. M. Roslavets, the representative of the avantgarde movement, the inventor of the atonal system of synthetachords, paved new paths in art. Chamber-instrumental genres occupy the main place in his work. And the Kharkiv period (1921–1922) became the stage of the artist’s creative maturity, when the preliminary searches took shape in a completely coherent and convincing system. During these years, M. Roslavets’ “major” works appear, many of which involve the violin.