Homon T. The early period of Boris Lyatoshynsky's creative work: a scientific reconstruction made using materials of unknown and little known sources during the years of 1910s

This research attempts a comprehensive analysis of B. Lyatoshynsky’s creative personality during his early life period, seeking a biographical reconstruction through the compilation and combination of new information, newly discovered pieces from this period, and other archival sources which considerably update the biographical portrait of the composer’s life and creativity during the years of 1910s. In general the core of the research consists of the unknown and little known source manuscripts of the Memorial museum of B. Lyatoshynsky’s study and other museum-archival foundations of Ukraine. The goal of the research is to create a new conceptual position as to evaluation of Borys Lyatoshynsky’s creative heritage of 1910s in the context of Ukrainian musical culture of the XX century by widening and making a more precise description of his life and creative work. The objective of such analysis is to explore the nature of the famous artist’s creative work, because the 1910s were decisive for the further formation of B. Lyatoshynsky’s creative method from the point of view of aesthetics, style and genre peculiarities of his composer’s masterpieces.