Folk musical creativity in the development of cultural traditions among youth

• Published in: Artes, journal of musicology no. 15; pp. 44 - 54
• Main Author: Vyshpinska, Yaryna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura ARTES 2015; ARTES publishing house
• Subjects: Music; doinas; Ukrainian folk music; youth and cultural traditions; Bukovina folk music, Romanian folk music
• ISSN: 2344-3871; 2558-8532

Culture and traditional music form an integral part of the exploration and penetration of the essence of the national genotype of any nation or nationality. They represent the specific nature of each ethnic group as encrypted in sound, tone and song genres. The formation of folk traditions and customs among young people is important as a way of forging national consciousness and patriotism. Bukovina is a land where different peoples lived and worked together, treating each other with respect, developing their own culture, which became a presentation of every nation. Over time, due to historical circumstances, mutual influence between peoples had developed and strengthened. They became so strong that it affected the creation and borrowing in the traditional musical culture of the peoples of Bukovina – their melodic intonational phrases, rhythmic constructions, modal, metric-rhythmic, thematic, musical and poetic orientations of the folk songs. This is especially seen in joint Ukrainian and Romanian rural communities, where one can still feel the musical flavour of folk songs, dancing, and where instrumental music is united by common traditions and forms of expression. Residents of these areas are not only well-educated in the language, musical culture, customs and traditions of each other, they are also connected by much stronger bonds – bonds of the family, church and community. As for our study, it is important to examine such settlements in Romania, to collect folk songs by Ukrainians living in the South of Bukovina, to make a comparative analysis of samples of folk music, to create a musical encyclopedia of Ukrainian folk songs of the Bukovina, North and South.