Ukrainian Discography of the Soviet Enslavement Period: Main Trends

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to analyze the available array of information about gramophone records with works by Ukrainian composers issued in the USSR, to identify their genre diversity, the range of personalities and to assess the scale of ideological influence of the Soviet nomenclature. The research methodology is based on statistical analysis of data using Excel program. The scientific novelty of the research. Statistical analysis of the total discography of Ukrainian music is applied for the first time. Conclusions. At the outlined stage of research, an array of gramophone records of Ukrainian authors published from 1926 to 1980, which covers about 126 releases, is available for statistical analysis The analysis shows that the discographies of M. Lysenko, I. Shamo and A. Kos-Anatolskyi have the largest number of releases among Ukrainian authors. The most frequently released works were in the song and choral genres – about 2/3 of the entire assortment, the rest are operas and pieces from operas, chamber-instrumental, symphonic, ensemble works, works for bandura choir and bandura ensembles. Soviet-communist themes constitute up to 10% of the entire range of gramophone records, with the largest share in the choral genre (about 30%). It is shown that the overwhelming majority of composers who lived during the Soviet enslavement had more than 15 released recordings of works only if at least one of them was of Soviet-communist themes. The vast majority of composers whose works were released on records are men, and the authors of recorded works of Soviet themes are exclusively men.