The modern choral music a cappella: tolerance of stylistic directions Cover Image

Сучасна хорова музика а сарреііа: толерантність стильових напрямів
The modern choral music a cappella: tolerance of stylistic directions

Author(s): Elena Batovska
Subject(s): Music, Recent History (1900 till today), Sociology of Art
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: a cappella academic choral music; style; stylistic direction; tolerance; dialogue;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the research is to identify the key trends in stylistic panorama of choral a cappella works of the late twentieth century. This article is devoted to the development of choral music a cappella in the East-Slavic countries (including Ukraine and Belarus). Among the major trends of contemporary choral singing there is a distinguishing phenomenon of tolerance of stylistic directions as a way to restore the genre image of choral works. The object of the study is choral music a cappella (academic direction). The subject of the research is figurative style guidelines of Belarusian and Ukrainian choral music a cappella. The methodological basis. In this study, we used analytical and comparative research methods and systematic approach. The latter enables to identify the place and role of certain components of choral music based on the single criterion – principle of simulation underlying music creation. The comparative method helps to make conclusions on the directions of choral music style development. Scientific novelty of the proposed article consists in the fact that the study of choral works of a cappella composers of the last quarter of the XX – beginning of the XXI century in terms of identifying style simulation makes it possible to take into account the ratio of a new and traditional, individual and universal, in other words personal interpretation of the natural phenomena specific to the artistic canon. Conclusions. Summarizing the mentioned above information, we have made such conclusions. In modern East-Slavic countries a cappella choral music is one of the most difficult and controversial chapters of art history. Among the least studied problems a special place is occupied by the issues of the stylistic appearance of modern choral music a cappella. Contemporary a cappella choral music is characterized firstly by the individual composer’s interpretation of the music modes of different artistic eras, secondly, by the stylistic direction tolerance. A particular sign of contemporary choral music is the dialogue that aims at combining different styles and understanding of diversity.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 47-52
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian