Abstract:
The article is devoted to the study of the epistle as a science of
correspondence and the study of epistological materials in the context of the history of
music in Ukraine. To date, epistology remains subordinate to the historical, source,
and art sciences in the system of culturology. Through correspondence, it is possible to
recreate fateful events, unknown facts of biography, life, and work of prominent
artists, particularly B. Lyatoshynsky and I. Karabyts. The work supplements and
clarifies information on the history of creation and existence of works by these
composers. It is revealed in the work that epistolary creativity is an activity using
which the personal creative experience of the artist is preserved. The letter is an
artifact of culture, the process of studying notes is long, and the results of this work are
invaluable in the history of culture. The authors reveal that an essential principle in the
scientific understanding of epistological heritage is the need for logical integration of
epistolary into the system of musical-historical processes. The authors consider
prospects for the development of national science of epistology further search and
decipherment of sources relevant to the development of national culture in its main
stages. It involves scholars in the processing of public and private archives, museums,
repositories, and libraries. This process should enrich and make appropriate
adjustments to the conceptual foundations of culturology and musicology. In addition,
these processes will contribute to the rethinking and reassessment of artistic
phenomena of the twentieth century
