CULTURAL ASPECT OF MODERN UKRAINIAN SONG AND ITS LANGUAGE

Abstract

During existence of humanity a song was, is and, I hope, will be the human companion. That’s why specialattention should be paid to modern Ukrainian songs. Listening to music or reading texts of musical works is to create acertain spiritual mood. The song is an important part of education of psychologically-adjustment effects on man andcultural and spiritual education.

A song always was the "visiting-card" of the Ukrainian culture.

A beautiful song can make miracles and create a real patriot. A modern Ukrainian song has the scientificinterest as a phenomenon of mass culture and topical as cultural phenomenon of a Ukrainian society.

Song as the phenomenon of a mass culture has its own peculiarities of the development. Modern Ukrainian song hasa great popularity . It is evidenced the numerous victories of our performers in the domestic and international competitions.

Modern music often loses its original artistic-aesthetic purposes and shows examples of so-called speech language.

Today, the main feature of the popular culture is a mass. It means a trend towards simplicity, standartisation ofcultural forms of expression, primitivism. It is caused by a commercial entity and social factors. Therefore, T. Adornothought a term "a popular culture " was a synonym of a " culture industry "The features of artificial product of mass culture expresses the concept and phenomenon of kitsch. The mainfeatures of kitsch popular culture and mass culture are researched in works of T. Adorno, J. Bodriyar , K. Greenberg , N.Kondratova, A. Kukarkin , S. Nekrasov , A. Polyakov , V. Rozhnovskyy , A. Yakovlev etc.Certainly, a kitsch is also a positive feature. It has a considerable subversive force, it converts the immaterial inmaterial.

Ukrainian song is romantic, sincere, joyful ,creative and philosophical, naturally, light.Kuzma, Svyatoslav Vakarchuk engage the popularization of Ukrainian language in songs.Ukrainian real musical kitsch is represented in the work group " VV" . Oleg Skrypka conqueres the audiencewith a medley performance of Ukrainian folk songs in his style.This group radiates genuine drive, piercing sincerity, natural theatricality, lyricism and sentimentality. But thegroup "VV" demonstrates not only positive signs kitsch but also negative one. Sometimes, the musicians unwittinglymaim a Ukrainian literary language.

Today, a kitsch is the leading toolkit rise of national identity. Svyatoslav Vakarchuk creates at the turn of highand popular culture. He tries to do good music with elements of kitsch.Some Svyatoslav’s songs, written 10 years ago are actual or have a political content . There are ethnic motivesin Vakarchuk’s songs. In the song "With her" Vakarchuk cultivated in a national voice and a national patriotism.Many modern Ukrainian artists bring their creativity to us. During modern development in our country Ukrainianperformers focuse on topical issues.A separate block of modern Ukrainian song’s space is songs that urge us to remember our past. BuildingUkraine we must proceed with a Ukrainian national idea and revive the spirit of Ukrainian, language.