The Ukrainian Component of Regional Professional Musical Culture in 1939–1945: A Case Study of the Volga Region
| 23 July 2024
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Tuzova O.V.,
Samara, Russian Federation
The Ukrainian Component of Regional Professional Musical Culture in 1939–1945: A Case Study of the Volga Region
Abstract
The article touches upon the yet unexplored issue of including the Ukrainian component in the structure of regional professional musical and cultural system and their interaction in the days of the Second World War. The study draws on documents from local and federal archives and periodicals of the Volga region. Evacuation to the region allowed to maintain the creative life of the Zhytomyr theatre of musical comedy (Syzran, Melekess) and of the Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian Radio. The project of creation of the Ukrainian Philharmonic was realized in Saratov in July, 1943. Ukrainian artists, performers, teachers, composers P. Gaydamaka, B. Lyatoshynsky and others lived and worked in evacuation in the Volga region. Awarding music pieces that used Ukrainian themes stimulated further development of this creative trend. The Volga region saw some musicological activities to find and record Ukrainian folklore (the Astrakhan expedition of the Moscow Conservatory). The Volga region became a road house for Ukrainian artists and bands. Local musicians organized bands to spread Ukrainian art, there were thematic concerts, such as the radio conсert “Masters of the great Russian art to the Ukrainian people" that took place in Saratov. Many local and evacuated institutions included Ukrainian works in their repertoire. Despite the extreme conditions of war, Ukrainian, as well as local musicians did much military patronage work (gave concerts for the troops, etc). The study shows that the Volga region played a positive role in the preservation and development of Ukrainian music. Furthermore, the work and activities of the Ukrainian culture-bearers contributed enrichment of the wartime Russian musical life of the region in 1939 1945.
Keywords
Archive, source, Musical culture, the Volga region, Ukrainian music, World War II, Zhytomyr theatre of musical comedy, the Ukrainian Committee.
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Tuzova Olga Vladimirovna, PhD in History, associate professor of the Department of sociology, political science and Russian history of the Federal state budgetary educational institution of higher professional education "Samara state technical University (FSBEI HPE "Samara state technical University"), Samara, Russian Federation, 8-987-902-40-16, 8-987-912-28-25, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it