Tadey and Maksym Rylskyi with Mykola Lysenko: An Influence of Surroundings on the Personality Formation

Author

Korniy Lidiya

a Doctor of Art Studies, a chief research fellow at the Department of Screen-Stage Arts and Culturology of the NASU M. Rylskyi Institute for Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnology

Tadey and Maksym Rylskyi with Mykola Lysenko: An Influence of Surroundings on the Personality Formation

Abstract

An influence of the microhabitat of the ‘Kyivan Old Society’ and Mykola Lysenko on the formation of Maksym Rylskyi personality is considered in the article. The peculiarities of the students’ movement of Kyiv University of the late 1850s – 1860s on the development of national-democratic world-view principles of Tadey Rylskyi and Mykola Lysenko are described. It has affected the way of their life and versatile activities. Attention is focused on the cultural work of the ‘Kyivan Old Society’ and active participation of T. Rylskyi and M. Lysenko in it. The formation of a new type of personality, known as an intellectual, in the surroundings of the ‘Kyivan Old Society’ is noted. Intellectual is a person with the national self-consciousness. The civil consciousness of the personality with love to nation and patriotic world-view are typical for the many representatives of hromady, in particular T. Rylskyi and M. Lysenko. They have influenced on the ideas, life priorities and artistic principles of a young M. Rylskyi by the way of their life and activities. The facts on their friendly and creative relations are submitted. M. Lysenko significance as one of the most outstanding representatives of Ukrainian national revival of the second half of the 19th – early 20th century and his surroundings in the formation of M. Rylskyi personality is described. In particular, information concerning the approaching to musical sphere, that has influenced on his poetical works, is proposed. The M. Rylskyi activities in the field of musicology is mentioned in the article. Peculiar attention is paid to his works about M. Lysenko. It is emphasized, that the author has distinguished the civil consciousness as the most important feature of the composer’s personality and also as a new quality of the national character and national originality of his works.  These features are typical for M. Rylskyi himself. It is confirmed with his poetical heritage and unselfish work for the development of Ukrainian culture as the director of the Institute for Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnography of many years. He has continued his father’s traditions, hromadivtsi and M. Lysenko in such a way. A great significance of M. Rylskyi in the cause of publication, editing and execution of the composer’s heritage is emphasized.

Keywords

microhabitat, Ukrainian culture, personality, hromada, civil consciousness, national character, national, poetical works, composer works, the sphere of musicology.

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