Features of Sacred Music in the Context of the Ukrainian Baroque

The main goal of this article is the research different genres spiritual music in Ukrainian baroque era. This decisive for an understanding culture. In order to achieve this, following methods was used: comparative-historical, sociocultural, structural, genre-stylistic. Baroque appears as intermediate between Renaissance and Age Enlightenment. Features broader character civilization explain its cruising cultures, correlating Western culture Eastern Orthodox cultural dimension Ukraine crossed by religions: Orthodox, Catholic, Greek-Catholic, paths Protestantism. fact specified a age. Two basic directions feature specific singing baroque: partsong (“High baroque”) song (“Middle baroque”). Partsong represented liturgical paraliturgical (concerts) genres. direction unique because it synthesis Eastern-Christian Western-Christian tradition (mostly Catholic musical multi-chorus composition, rhetoric). At same time, orthodox formed tradition. A large influence on Greek-Catholic church catholic tradition, which polyphony not performed “acapella”, but with instrumental accompaniment. Spiritual more linked less protestant one. It did have any canonical genres, borrowed text–music forms Europe late early period. Therefore, had sacred character, becoming genre music. Palimpsest confessional became distinctive created face