THE NATIONAL UNION OF COMPOSERS OF UKRAINE CELEBRATES ITS 90TH ANNIVERSARY

Abstract

The article examines the history of the founding of the National Union of Composers of Ukraine, the peculiarities of its functioning depending on the socio-political era (Ukraine as part of the USSR, an independent state). The existence phenomenon of such a creative public association of professional composers and musicologists is studied. During its existence, the National Union of Composers of Ukraine had several names: from 1932 – the Union of Soviet Musicians of Ukraine (USMU), 1939 – the Union of Soviet Composers of Ukraine (USCU), 1957 – the Union of Composers of Ukraine (UCU), from 1998 to the present day – the National Union of Composers of Ukraine (NUCU). The author pays particular attention to the immediate impetus for the unity of Ukrainian artists – the tragic death of Mykola Leontovych. The article analyzes both positive and negative-destructive shifts associated with the establishment of Ukraine as an independent state and noticeable dynamics of organizational processes in all domestic creative unions.