Ryabukha N. Miniature as a phenomenon of musical culture (by the example of the piano works of Ukrainian composers of the end of XIX - XX centuries).

Object - miniature as a holistic cultural phenomena; purpose - substantiation of cultural conception of miniature genre as a phenomena of musical culture on the basis of the material of the piano works by Ukrainian composers of the end XIX - XX centuries; methods - systematic, cultural, phenomenological, semiotic, historical and typological, genre, functional; novelty - first substantiation of cultural conception of musical miniature, definition of structural and semantic invariant of the genre, revelation of the specifics of chamber chronotop of miniature, elaboration of intra-genre typology of Ukrainian piano miniature on the basis of historical and stylistic dynamics of the end XIX - XX centuries, generalization of mental features of national character in the genre of Ukrainian piano miniature;results - the further development has received the theory of a miniature genre in musical culture, it defines the mental structure of the miniature, which reflects psychology of the subject and miniaturism asa principle of creative thinking, suggests historical and typological analysis of the Ukrainian piano miniature in the musical culture of the end XIX - XX centuries; branch - theory and history of culture, musical art.