Bevska I. The musical and art activities in the social and cultural space of Ternopol province (the second half of XIX - XX to 1939 c.)

The present PhD thesis is devoted to a comprehensive study of musical and artistic life of Ternopol province in the period from the second half of 19th century to 1939 the 20th century through the prism of sociocultural factors. In the case of an appeal to the musical life of Ternopol province in the appointed date interval the specific so-called "microregionality" approach seems to be the most appropriate one. For the first time, the panorama of formation and progress of the historical routes of cultural traditions and achievements of the administrative centre of Ternopol province and microregional units, such as county towns and villages, was reproduced on the base of the identified, reconstructed and put into scientific circulation the archival lore sources.