Creative portrait of an authentic performer in the practice of assimilation of folk song tradition

The purpose of the article is to summarize the theoretical provisions of modern folklore researchers and the experience of folk singing teachers in the development of a creative portrait of an authentic performer, to identify their role in the practice of assimilating the folk song tradition. The methodology of the theoretical analysis is based on the theoretical provisions of the system-functional approach to the problem of personality in folklore. The classification method is used to determine the paradigmatic nature of the distribution of styles of folk song performance and to distinguish the forms of its functioning. Theoretical basis of performance and ethnophonic analysis is formed on the provisions of scientific research by A. Ivanytskyi, Y. Karchova. V. Osypenko, V. Osadcha, I. Synelnykov. The results. The generalization of the creative features of the bearer of the tradition of song folklore is formalized by researchers and teachers of folk singing in the form of a creative portrait of an authentic performer. The tradition of generalizing the performing style of outstanding carriers of authentic singing is continued in the practice of professional assimilation of folk song performance at the departments of musical folklore, folk singing of higher educational institutions of culture and art of Kyiv, Rivne, Kharkiv. In particular, the experience of compiling creative portraits of folk performers is based on the course and master’s works of students of the Department of Ukrainian Folk Singing (now — Pop and Folk Singing) of Kharkiv State Academy of Culture (supervisors H. Breslavets, V. Osypenko). The characteristics of Polissia folklore performance are devoted to the articles of the teachers of the Department of Musical Folklore of the Institute of Arts of Rivne State University L. Gapon, N. Boyarska, R. Tsapun, N. Nyzhnyk, B. Yaremko, V. Yarmola. The components of the creative portrait of the performer are defined: biography, characteristics of the environment, attitude of the singer (musician), personal characteristics, repertoire, features of the performing style, promotion of the song heritage. Research format of diploma introduced by Y. Rybak relies on the structure of scientific collections of folklore with subsequent publication, which contains transcriptions, scientific apparatus: description of ethnography, genres, analytical tables, disc with audio recordings. The scientific novelty. For the first time, the article summarizes the achievements of researchers and teachers of cultural art universities of Kyiv, Rivne, Kharkiv in the development of a theoretical and methodological approach to the assimilation and representation of folk song heritage, in particular in the form of a creative portrait of a folk performer. The practical significance of the article lies in the scientific substantiation and methodological presenta-tion of the positions of ethnophonic and performance analysis, formalized for further use in the educational and creative process of assimilation of educational programs such as “Folk Singing” and “Musical Folklore”.