Bezborodko O. National-verbal factor of music creativity

The thesis presents theoretical and practical grounds of the national-verbal approach to music studies. Under this approach the phenomenae of the music art are considered as being influenced by the national specifics of the composer’s, performer’s and listener’s mother tongue. This influence is defined as the national-verbal factor of musical creativity. The paper reveals the role and the significance of the verbal paradigm of the music art, traces in details the genesis and the evolution of the national aspect of the comparative language-music studies. The national verbal language influences musical thinking and creativity in a lot of ways. The specifics of this process are analysed in different domains of the music art. The methods of applying the natio-nal-verbal approach to studying the phenomenae of the music art are justified and substantiated. The national-verbal approach is applied to analyse the XVIII century clavier articulation and to review different traditions of its interpretation.