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Theoretical Aspects of the Style Problem in the Musicological Research of the 20th – the Beginning of 21st Century

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  • 1. Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Ukraine
  • 2. Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Ukraine

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The aim of the article is to analyze the historiography of the problem of the style of music – one of the most global categories of the musical thinking. Basing on the examination of the results of the fundamental national and foreign research of the 20th – the beginning of the 21st centuries, theoretical aspects of this problem that cover the definition of the style’s notion, systematics of the peculiar stylistic features, hierarchical structure of style, historical typology of styles, tendencies of the development of the style theory during the mentioned period, perspective of the stylistic problematics’ research, were defined and considered. The methodology of this research is based on such theoretical methods: systematization – to examine and consider scientific theories of style; abstraction – to differentially perceive the most peculiar characteristics of the musical style; analysis – to make connections between the different levels of the category of style; synthesis – to consider style as a component of hierarchical system of music. Moreover, the descriptive method – to analyze theoretical interpretations of the notion of musical style is applied. The scientific novelty of the article is determined by the consideration of the scientific heritage of research of the style of music, systematization of the main theoretical aspects of the style problem, development of the theoretical discourse of style nature of musical phenomena. Conclusions. The scientific experience of the style problem research is generalized. The controversial character of investigation of the style problem is defined. The basic concepts of the theory of style from the perspective of artistic unity, differentiation, stability, system integrity of style features, style’s tone and multilevel nature are systematized. The historical interdependence of the style levels is revealed: the “epoch style”, “national style” and “individual style”. The direction of the modern theories of musical style development is depicted.

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