Subbota O. Musical motority as a category of musicology

The dissertation is dedicated to the research of the category of musical motority of the level of conceptional approach which helps to display its double sense as a musical phenomenon and musicological notion. Genesis, ways of development and system connections were researched. Components of conceptional field of musical motority and its structure were defined. New terms accompanying the category “musical motority” were offered and proved. They are musical gesture, articulatory-rhythmical formula, quomota, motor intontion, motor intonation, musical motor universals, motor fund, musical motor basis of culture and epoch, motor mode of world. Genre stylistic typology of musical motority was created. An analytical material of research confirms the thesis that musical motority is a power base structure of music motion and logically semantic prototype of the art image in music.