Borys Buievskyi: creative portrait on the background of musical processes of the second half of the 20th century

Abstract

The article is devoted to highlighting the peculiarities of the period of formation of the musical avant-garde in Ukraine in the 60s-80s of the twentieth century. This period was a time of oppression, misunder­standing, bans and repressions of all Ukrainian art by the Soviet au­thorities, and, on the other hand, years of bold compositional searches and the formation of a new musical thinking oriented towards the mu­sical culture of Western Europe, bypassing the established rules and censorship. This period became a new historical milestone in the de­velopment of Ukrainian music, marked by the emergence of names of composers of a different formation and outlook. First of all, this directly concerns the group of composers «Kyiv Avant-Garde», who formed new traditions and laid the foundation for the further development of Ukrainian musical art.

Among the well-known composers of that time, a significant place be­longed to the nonconformist composer Borys Buievskyi. The artist's desire to preserve his individuality in spite of the totalitarian, ideologi­cal dogmas of the authorities, to manifest his national essence and consciousness was reflected in his work, which is distinguished by the courage of ideas, relevance of themes and rebellious sound. The arti­cle traces its affiliation with both innovative musical findings and trends of the time and the appeal to the heritage of the past musical culture, its previous achievements, which were embodied in the tech­nique of polystylistics, which became a defining feature of the compos­er's work.

The article describes the genre palette, peculiarities of the musical language and forms of his works. The music of the early period of Borys Buievskyi's work is analyzed, which is represented primarily in the works of the vocal genre, namely pop songs. On the example of the ballets «Song of the Blue Sea», «Ustym Karmeliuk», music for ani­mated films and symphonic works, the evolution of the composer's technique and consciousness of the artist, which moved towards deep­ening the themes, bold sound and stylistic combinations, is traced.