Scientific Creativity of P. Sokalskyi: Classic Features and Non-Classical Manifestations

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to find the "manifestations of scholarship" in the fundamental work of P. Sokalskyi in the context of the then state of development of scientific knowledge as such, the development of Ukrainian musical science. The research methodology is found in the use of special historical (comparative and historical-typological), epistemological, and generalising methods of analysis. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time in Ukrainian musicology an attempt was made to analyse the individual scientific achievement of the scientist in the context of the characteristic features of the classical and non-classical periods in the development of science in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. It is substantiated that P. Sokalskyi's research embodies the features of the first period and demonstrates signs of the next — non-classical — stage of its development. At the same time, it has a peculiarly national feature — the focus on the search for the national originality of music, the signs of a national musical style. Conclusions. The analysis of the major study proved that its Author, having materialised the state of Ukrainian musicology in the second half of the nineteenth century, went down in its history as one of the founders of the ideals and norms of scientific thinking, scientific approaches, and objective research methods. It also outlined specific promising areas of further research interests.Key words: history of Ukrainian musicology, classical and non-classical manifestations, individual scientific creativity.