UKRAINIAN HERITAGE OF THE MUSICAL PEDAGOGY IN UKRAINIAN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC ERA (M. LEONTOVYCH, K. STETSENKO, J. STEPOVYI)

Abstract

The development of the national system of art education and musical learning was one of the most important area of activity for all leading Ukrainian composers and musicians during the period of Ukrainian People’s Republic. Kyrylo Stetsenko, Mykola Leontovych, Jakiv Stepovyi were stood out among the many personalities in Ukrainian musical pedagogy during that time. They all were worked at the musical department of the Ministry of Education of Ukrainian People’s Republic. Restructuring the institutions of music education and establishing musical institutions specifically for Ukrainian areas of art education, especially Kobzar school, were important focuses of their activities in musical education. They also worked on developing educational programs in music, preparing and publishing textbooks for all musical disciplines, and introducing the latest methoths of musical learning. Based on the publications of works on musical learning by K. Stetsenko, M. Leontovych, and J. Stepovyi, as well as scientific papers, the author analyzes their main directions and essential ideas in pedagogical areas. The paper also provides information about archive materials and published works on music and pedagogy by these artists, specifically adressing the essue of their usage in modern musical learning. The appendix to the paper contains an index of Kyrylo Stetsenko’s main musical and pedagogical materials, which are kept in the Institute of Manuscripts of V. I. Vernadskyi National Library of Ukraine (IR NBUV) and Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Arts of Ukraine (TsDAMLM).