MUSICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL REALITIES IN THE TREATISE �THE MUSICAL GRAMMAR� BY MYKOLADYLETSKYI 1723: ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Abstract

The article describes the discussion among East Slavic researchers regarding the appearance of the manuscript �The Musical Grammar� by M. Dyletskyi in 1723. Mentions in its text of musical instruments and imitation of their sound nature in the newly found composer�s choral concerto�Let the trumpets sound� have been analyzed. The musical instruments have been considered for the first time depicted on the title sheet of the manuscript in terms of similar Slavic and Western European instruments of the XII � XVIII centuries, an attempt has been made to establish their ethnicity.