Boiko V. Secularization of orthodox sacred choral music in the Russian and Ukrainian cul-ture of XVII-XXI centuries

The object - orthodox sacred choral music of XVII-XXI centuries; aim - creation of general conception of development of orthodox sacred choral music and specific character of process secularization; the methods - dialectical, historical and also professional specific artists (musicological) methods; The result - specific and character of cooperations of orthodox sacred choral music with the secularization spiritual choral art in the Russian-Ukrainian music of indicated period. The thesis is devoted to the research of choral culture of Kharkiv region of the second half of XIX - the beginning of XX century. The factors of influence of "Musikiyskaya Grammar" of N. Diletskiy on secularization of orthodox sacred music are found; new is revealed fact of biography М.S. Bеrеzоvskiy; The idea about the genre of a sacred choral concert in the aspect of secularization of orthodox sacred music is updated. For the first time in the history of musicology a number of the forgotten choral pieces of the Kharkiv composers-regents of the end of XIX - the beginning of XX centuries are introduced in scientific and practical-performing usage