Recondite pages of Mykola Lysenko’s life in Rivne region

Abstract

The article substantiates the fact of the stay and activity of the founder of Ukrainian classical music Mykola Lysenko at Rivne region.  List of Ukrainian scientific sources which is presented, would help to reveal the creative views of the young composer on writing new works under the influence of historical events of the mid-nineteenth century.

Emphasis is placed on the study of his work and recordings of folk songs in determining the purpose and objectives of short-term stops of the composer. Examples of folk songs recorded by Mykola Lysenko, which were included in his «Collection of Folk Songs», are offered.

Considerable attention is paid to literary and historical research and study of Ukrainian folklore, which is an integral part of the Ukrainian National Classical Music. The article presents to the general public not only Mykola Lysenko's stay in the Rivne region, but also his work, recordings of folk songs, which he sought to convey to the general public by performing them on concert stages. Archival documents testifying to his stay in our region, tells about numerous concerts and events in honor of the composer during the 20th century and in Independent Ukraine.

Mykola Lysenko, a talented composer and pianist-virtuoso, an outstanding choral conductor, propagandist and researcher of Ukrainian folklore, the founder of art education, could be on the streets of Rivne for several hours, but his observant eye captured quite interesting details of our compatriots' lives. The composer's highest achievement is the opera Taras Bulba, collecting materials for this work, Lysenko visited Dubno, where the main line of the opera takes place.

The impetus for not only performing, but also folklore activities in our region was an unexpected new connection, about which no one had spoken or written before.  Lysenko participated in the southwestern branch of the Russian Geographical Society.