VASIL BARVINSKY IN THE NEWSPAPER WORD OF NESTOR NIZHANKIVSKY

Abstract

We have explored the journalistic work of Nestor Nyzhankivskyi, which covers the pages of the life and oeuvre of the visionary of Ukrainian music Vasyl Barvinskyi. The overview of articles and reviews, published on the pages of the Galician magazines “Zhyttia i Znannia”, “Ukrainski Visty” is adduced. “Zhyttia i Znannia” is a popular illustrated monthly publication of the Society of Prosvita, which has been published in Lviv (October 1927 – August 1939). In 1938, on the pages of this periodical there appeared a N. Nyzhankivskyi’s musicological material of the biographical nature “Vasyl Barvinskyi (on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the composer’s work)”. The object of publication was the life and creative path of one of the founders of Ukrainian music – Vasyl Barvinskyi, whose fifty anniversary was celebrated that year by the whole artistic community. Thoroughly described factual material allows refer the publication to an exemplar of critical literature – article-portrait. In the article, N. Nyzhankivskyi properly demonstrates V. Barvinskyi’s place and role in Ukrainian culture, and his multifaceted work is represented as a socio-cultural phenomenon. A number of articles published on the pages of the “Ukrainski Visty” newspaper, which N. Nyzhankivskyi wrote for from 1935 to 1939, covers the work of V. Barvinskyi. The author of the research analyzes the genre spectrum of musical-critical articles, and also examines the thematic orientation of N. Nyzhankivskyi’s newspaper materials about the luminary of Ukrainian culture. It has been proved that the journalistic materials of the Galician musical critic, devoted to V. Barvinskyi, reflect the progress of the Galician culture of the beginning of the 20th century on the way to professional growth.