Creative Narratives of Contemporary Ukrainian Composers as a Subject of Musicological Analysis

• Published in: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MANAGERIAL STAFF OF CULTURE AND ARTS HERALD no. 1
• Main Author: Stepurko, Viktor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 24.04.2023
• DOI: 10.32461/2226-3209.1.2023.277683
• ISSN: 2226-3209

The purpose of the article is to determine the creative narratives of contemporary Ukrainian composers from the point of view of musicological analysis taking into account structuralist and poststructuralist intentions in music as a postmodern attitude. The article also aims to investigate the existing compositional structures (at their various levels) in close interrelation of intellectual and hermeneutic reading of the composer's artistic intention with the physical parameters of the work. The research methodology is related to the analysis of the sphere of expression of human thinking and the communicative process, with the consideration of the narrative as a certain discursive structure formed on the basis of a person's own experience, presented by the analytical mechanisms of musicology, in particular, systemic and comparative approaches that help determine the specificity of certain compositional structures in music in comparison with others, to trace the change of approaches of different composers to systems of symbolism in musical art, communication with the listener or appeal to closeness at the level of inner feelings and mystical suggestions. The scientific novelty consists in revealing the specifics of forming narratives in music as a process that combines an appeal to the social component or the inner feelings of the composer, his/her isolation from society, a negative and ironic attitude towards modernity, the search for virtual mystical «worlds» as a sign-sound space. Conclusions. The rigidity of authoritarian thinking in the field of culture leads to the appearance among composers and musicians of supporters of the idea of «art for art's sake», fascination with avant-garde technology, and orthodox maxims of lovers of «pure» classics. It is obvious that the new way of thinking about musical art should consist in the restoration of sincere, true creativity and the understanding of beauty as the basis of art, what it should serve, in particular, the musicological analysis of works from the standpoint of narrative technologies as a system of complex interdisciplinary research. Key words: musicological analysis, poststructuralist intentions, mystical suggestions, social component, narrative technologies.