Abstract:

Covering the historical era of the development of Bukovyna in the second half of the 19th century. we are fully aware of the importance and influence of Austria on the progressive nature of change and improvement of many aspects of the life of society, in which musical art, culture and education occupied one of the defining places to illustrate the importance of the entire socio-political system of the country. In Chernivtsi, the regional capital of the region, musical life developed rapidly. Musical societies and unions were created, lively concert activities were conducted, and a galaxy of outstanding composers representing the rich national and cultural tradition of the peoples of Bukovyna were educated.

In addition to the well-known Vorobkevich, Mandychevsky, Mikula, Porumbescu, young, not well-known composers also worked in Bukovina. These are Emilia and Karolina Mikulič, the older sisters of Adalbert Mikulič, the first researcher of musical regional history and musicological opinion in Bukovina. The presented instrumental cycle of dance music for the piano by the sisters Emilia and Karolina Mikulic clearly demonstrates the trends in the formation of the piano miniature as a constructive genre in the pan-European musical tradition. 

Search in archives, museums and book collections of instrumental works, musical artifacts of local Bukovyna composers of the 19th century. forms a subject base for further scientific research. It is worth noting that despite the accessibility of the performance tasks of the presented dance pieces included in the album by Emilia and Karolina Mikulič, we enjoyed the ability of the composers to use the texture of the instrument, to achieve sufficient expressiveness in the interpretation of musical themes through articulation strokes. What is important is their combination of performance skill as instrumentalists with compositional technique: mastery of harmony and counterpoint, colorfulness in changes in the tonal plan of the presented dances, rhythm, use of folk tunes, which was especially noticeable in works united by the theme of Bukovyna folk songs in the cycle No. VII «Quadrille».

Keywords: musical-instrumental performance, musical culture of Bukovyna, secular society, «Dance album for piano» by Emilia and Karolina Mikulič.

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