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All Journal Resital: Jurnal Seni Pertunjukan (Journal of Performing Arts) Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education
Yakymchuk, Olena
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Features of National Mentality in Ukrainian Musical Folklore Yakymchuk, Olena
Resital: Jurnal Seni Pertunjukan Vol 26, No 1 (2025): April 2025
Publisher : Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24821/resital.v26i1.15020

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The article explores the manifestation of the Ukrainian national mentality in the genres of musical folklore, focusing on dumas, schedrivkas, and lyrical songs. The study considers the national mentality as a historically formed system of cognitive and emotional dispositions, culturally coded and transmitted through collective practices such as folklore. Applying a multidisciplinary methodology that combines elements of cultural studies, ethnomusicology, and semiotic analysis, the study identified specific features of the Ukrainian worldview, which are reflected in the symbolic structures and stylistic features of the folk song, namely: individualism, emotional expressiveness, respect for nature and family, and democratic ethos. This study adopts a semiotic approach, which considers folklore as a complex system of cultural signs that convey collective meanings and values. The semiotic analysis focuses on the symbolic structure of folk songs, i.e., binary oppositions, archetypal images, ritual motifs, which interpret the Ukrainian national mentality. The study comprises 100 Ukrainian folk songs, including shchedrivkas, dumas, and lyrical songs, collected from different regions of Ukraine, with a particular emphasis on the Central and Western regions of Ukraine. Moreover, it is established that the dual cultural heritage of the agrarian and Cossack traditions forms the ambivalent structure of the Ukrainian mentality. By analyzing the textual and musical characteristics of key folklore genres, the article shows how musical folklore functions as a means of preserving and transmitting national identity and collective memory. Ukrainian musical folklore reproduces key features of the Ukrainian character, such as emotionality, the desire for freedom, democratic ideals, and a deep connection to nature. Thus, it stipulates reinterpretation of the role of folklore in the formation of cultural identity in postcolonial societies.
Mythopoetics of Piano Nocturnes by Olena Ilnytska Yakymchuk, Olena
Harmonia: Journal of Arts Research and Education Vol. 25 No. 1 (2025): June 2025
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/harmonia.v25i1.13242

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A myth is one of the forms of worldview, a system of thinking, and a methodological basis for the interpretation of cultural phenomena. The mythological component is one of the elements of modern music culture. The article focuses on Olena Ilnytska’s piano nocturnes in the context of mythopoetic comprehension of musical texts. The article aims to analyze the characteristic features of Ilnytska’s piano nocturnes and identify the specifics of  mythopoetic thinking of the composer. Piano nocturnes by Ilnytska are resented for the first time in the contemporary musicological discourse. The interdisciplinary approach embracing music, semiotics, and linguistics is used in the process of the study to analyze musical pieces comprehensively. The analysis of the piano Nocturnes by Ilnytska’s shows that the Nocturnes contain mythological thinking through the correspondence between cultural and sonority concept of different epochs (romanticism – metamodern). Thus, myth-making occurs when operating the set of binary oppositions, widening the technical capacities of the grand piano. The technical formulas combine traditional and unconventional ways of sound production. This research shows that the mythopoetic conception has entered into the contemporary cultural paradigm.
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