Composer’s “predictions”, embodied in figurative and symbolic content of “Lyrical scenes” by Ivan Karabyts

Abstract

The study highlighted the chamber-instrumental work of Ivan Karabyts, namely a piece for violin and piano “Lyrical scenes” in the context of the musical and social life of modern times. The analysed sample of the violin piece was infrequently featured in the repertoire of violinists, moreover, the cycle has not yet been studied. The study aimed to interpret the content, in all its images and symbolism, used by the composer in the work. The study primarily analysed not the typical comparison and identification of the artist’s compositional style with the work of the teacher, Borys Lyatoshinskyi, but a figurative and meaningful prediction of the socio-patriotic events of modern times, namely, the military actions in Ukraine, the rise of the conscious sincere patriotism, as well as an emphasis on the individual interpretation of symbolism and imagery in the analysed works. The study contained a subjectively substantiated scientific position regarding the figurative and symbolic content of the violin cycle of Ivan Karabyts, which was based on a performance-theoretical analysis and will become a promising subject of musicological discussions in the further spectrum of symbolism and imagery in the plane of the artist’s creativity. The study highlighted and substantiated a list of musical and expressive means, which were used to embody the main tragic-fatum idea of the violin cycle, despite the primary perception of the programme title of the “Lyrical scenes”. The obtained research results can be used in an educational course on the subject “History of Ukrainian music”, and “Performance interpretation” in the violin class and the “chamber ensemble” class. The practical value of this research lies in its direct relevance to the teaching of violin performance in the “violin” class