Tkach Y. The individual performing style of a choir conductor: theoretical and practical aspects (by the example of the "Dumka" National Honoured Academic Choir of Ukraine)

The thesis is devoted to the determination of the specific individual performing style in choral art, and to the analysis of individual performing styles of conductors of the National Academic Choir of Ukraine "Dumka". The methodology for analyzing the individual performing style of a conductor/choirmaster was elaborated on the base of the analysis of the structure of performance style, the specific conductor's interpretation in choral singing, as well as taking into account the peculiarities of the performing dialogue in the choral art. By means of the methodology the performing styles of N. Horodovenko, P. Muravskyi and Ye. Savchuk were analyzed. After studying the documents of the Central State Archive and Museum of Literature and Arts of Ukraine, the archive of Dumka National Honoured Academic Choir of Ukraine, the S. Pshenychnyi State Film, Photo and Audio Archive, etc., the data applying to the history of the Dumka choir were systematized, its repertoire policy was analyzed, the peculiar features of the choir's performing style were established, and the mechanisms of style interference in the conductor-choir system were investigated.