Ukrainian Musical Culture in the 17th Century in the Context of Opposition to the Migration of Kyiv Singers to Muscovia

The purpose of the work is to analyse a new stage in the development of Ukrainian musical culture in the 16th century and to find out the reasons for the opposition and the mass return of Kyiv singers and composers to Ukraine. The research methodology includes a systematic analysis, which contributed to the analysis of the state of musical culture in this period. To outline the time characteristics of the studied material, a chronological method was used. The relevance of the publication is associated with the growing interest in the reasons for the opposition between the Ukrainian authorities and the Kyiv hierarchs and the Moscow tsar. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the study of the creative path of individual singers and composers of the Kyiv school of the 17th century, the reasons for the refusal of Kyiv hierarchs to send singers to Muscovy are clarified. A number of issues related to the coverage of a more complete picture of the features of the development of Ukrainian musical culture in the 16th century remain insufficiently studied. Conclusions. A new stage in the development of Ukrainian musical culture, which began in the 16th century, is analysed. The creative path of singers, composers and theorists of the Kyiv School of the specified period is studied. The reasons for the confrontation and mass return of Kyiv singers and composers from Muscovy are clarified. The main reason for the refusal of the tsarist envoys to send Ukrainian singers to Moscow was the aggravation of relations between the states.