The cultural life of Melitopol at the beginning of the twentieth century: a panorama
and leading trends Cover Image

Культурне життя Мелітополя початку ХХ століття: панорама та провідні тенденції
The cultural life of Melitopol at the beginning of the twentieth century: a panorama and leading trends

Author(s): Olexandr Antonenko
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural history, Music, 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: Melitopol; art culture; theatrical arts; musical arts; multi-ethnic;

Summary/Abstract: In the article the leading aspects of cultural life of Melitopol at the beginning of the XX century in the context of national and regional tendencies are revealed.. The cultural life of Melitopol at the beginning of the XX century had its own regional peculiarities but at the same time it was an inalienable component of those common processes and worldview improvement that had happened in Ukrainian culture in the second half of the XIX and at the beginning of the XX centuries. They are characterized by activisation and development of different kinds of art. The association "Prosvita" played an important role in the development of Ukrainian art culture at the beginning of the XX century. Melitopol "Prosvita" began its work in 1908. Their activities included the organization of creative groups, the holding of literary evenings, lections, performances and spreading of Ukrainian book.Multi-ethnic complement of inhabitants in Melitopol caused active development of the culture of national partnerships of the town. In April 1911 Jewish literary association began its work in town. It was founded by Matvii Liberman, a writer and journalist. It is known that M. Liberman’s works were in the repertoire of capital dramatic troupes at the beginning of the XX century. In the local press we can come across the mentions of work of Bulgarian and Armenian associations in Melitopol. In the "Melitopol news" of 24 April 1911 it was pointed out that foundation of different associations such as "historical-ethnic, literary, music had become sufficiently widespread phenomena". The important event in historical development of musical culture of Melitopol became the opening of Melitopol child’s music school in 1907. It was founded by Illia Chubaty who was a Pole. In the researched period there were such classes as violin, solo and choral singing, wind instruments, theory of music, composition and orchestral play. The music school is still working and is one of the oldest musical educational institutions of Zaporizhia region. The hiring of a tutor for musical lessons was also popular in Melitopol. The activities of karaim association greatly influenced on development of culture in Melitopol. Moisei Phirkovych, a Karaim writer, lived in Melitopol.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 111-121
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Ukrainian