Folkloristic Heritage of Tadei Rylskyi in the Research of Oleksii Dei

Author

Kozar Lidiia

a Ph.D. in Philology, an associate professor, a senior research fellow at the Department of Ukrainian and Foreign Folkloristics of M. Rylskyi Institute of Art Studies, Folkloristics and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine). ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2997-6106

Folkloristic Heritage of Tadei Rylskyi in the Research of Oleksii Dei

Abstract

The article is about the revering two outstanding folklorists – Tadei Rylskyi and Oleksii  Dei – memory. The 180th anniversary of T. Rylskyi’s birthday has been celebrated on January, 2 2021. There is the centenary of O. Dei birthday on March, 30 2021. The scientists are separated with a distance of 80 years. And for hard work, for sincere devotion to Ukrainian science, Folkloristics in particular, they stand at the same high level before our generation.

The relevance of the chosen topic is determined by the need for a deep understanding of their folkloristic and ethnographic heritage, which will serve the creation of an objective concept of the process of historical development of Ukrainian science on folk art. During his lifetime O. Dei has prepared and published more than 400 scientific works in the fields of Folkloristics, Literary Science, History of Journalism, etc., and almost 50 separate book editions. The authoress of the article aims to consider the published works of O. Dei devoted to the study of the folkloristic and ethnographic heritage of T. Rylskyi. Two published works of O. Dei should be distinguished among the research works on the figure of  Tadei  Rylskyi. These are Songs from Romanivka in the Records of Tadei Rylskyi and Mykola Lysenko (1975); Songs from Romanivka (1970), prepared on the basis of archival materials.

It is ascertained, that the folkloristic heritage of T. Rylskyi and his life path are considered in those studies; the analysis of his handwritten collection of songs is carried out; archival song recordings by T. Rylskyi are published for the first time with musical material prepared by S. Hrytsa. In O. Dei opinion, a real merit of T. Rylskyi consists in the fact he has proceeded from democratic positions in the coverage of the people’s life, relying on the solid foundation of folk art. T. Rylskyi has become a pioneer on the path of the spiritual revival of Ukrainianhood. His service to the interests of the people is an example for millions of followers. Folkloristic heritages of Tadei Rylskyi as well as the researcher Oleksii Dei have enriched Ukrainian Folkloristics with famous monumental works of various trends.

Keywords

Tadei Rylskyi, Oleksii Dei, Ukrainian Folkloristics, folklore recordings.

References

1. BELIUHA, Tetiana. “Village of Romanivka” Topos from the Point of View of Tadeusz Rylski’s Scientific and Folkloric Narration. In: Oksana PETROVA, secretary-in-chief, Young Scientist: A Monthly. Kherson: Helvetica, 2018, May, no. 5 (1) (57), pp. 95–97 [in Ukrainian].
2. HORLENKO, Vasyl. Adding Another Page to the Biography of Tadeusz Rylski. In: Serhiy ZUBKOV, ed.‑in‑chief, Folk Art and Ethnography, 1985, no. 2, pp. 65–67 [in Ukrainian].
3. HRUSHEVSKYI, Mykhaylo. Tadeusz Rylski. An Obituary Notice. In: Maksym RYLSKYI (compiler). Tadeusz Rylski. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. Prefaced and annotated by Nadiya PAZIAK. Kyiv: Success and Career, 2013, pp. 496–497 (in Ukrainian).
4. DEY, Oleksiy. Songs from the Village of Romanivka, Recorded by Tadeusz Rylski and Mykola Lysenko. In: Oleksiy DEY. Notes on the History of Ukrainian Folklore Studies. Kyiv, 1975, pp. 40–44 [in Ukrainian].
5. DMYTRENKO, Mykola. Dey Oleksiy Ivanovych. In: Hanna SKRYPNYK, editor-in-chief. The Ukrainian Folkloristic Encyclopedia. NAS of Ukraine, Maksym Rylskyi IASFE. Kyiv, 2019, pp. 236–239 [in Ukrainian].
6. KACHMAR, Mariya. Rylski Tadeusz-Tomasz-Zbigniew Rozeslavovych. In: Vasyl SOKIL (project manager, scientific editor, compiler). The Ukrainian Folkloristic Encyclopedia. Lviv, 2018, pp. 640–641 [in Ukrainian].
7. LAZAREVSKYI, Hlib. The Kyivan Past. Memories. In: Maksym RYLSKYI (compiler). Tadeusz Rylski. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. Prefaced and annotated by Nadiya PAZIAK. Kyiv: Success and Career, 2013, pp. 501–510 (in Ukrainian).
8. LEVITSKYI, Orest. Fadei Rozeslavovich Rylsky: An Obituary. In: Volodymyr NAUMENKO, ed.-in-chief, The Kyivan Past: A Monthly Historical Magazine, 1902, yr. 21, vol. LXXIX, no. 11 (November), section 1, pp. 335–349. Reprinted in: Maksym RYLSKYI (compiler). Tadeusz Rylski. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. Prefaced and annotated by Nadiya PAZIAK. Kyiv: Success and Career, 2013, pp. 483–494 (in Russian).
9. A Mykola Lysenko’s Letter to Borys Poznanskyi. In: Maksym RYLSKYI (compiler). Tadeusz Rylski. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. Prefaced and annotated by Nadiya PAZIAK. Kyiv: Success and Career, 2013, pp. 481–482 (in Ukrainian).
10. ZIABKOVA, Hanna (compiler). Maksym Rylskyi, A Faithful Champion of Native Language: Methodical and Bibliographic Materials. Kharkiv, 2020, p. 5 [in Ukrainian].
11. PAZIAK, Nadiya. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. In:Maksym RYLSKYI (compiler). Tadeusz Rylski. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. Prefaced and annotated by Nadiya PAZIAK. Kyiv: Success and Career, 2013, pp. 6–49 [in Ukrainian].
12. Songs from the Village of Romanivka (Presented by Oleksiy Dey and Sofiya Hrytsa). In: Oleksiy DEY, ed.‑in‑chief, Folk Art and Ethnography, 1970, no. 1, pp. 77–86 [in Ukrainian].
13. POBIRCHENKO, Nataliya. The Belated Romanticist Tadeusz Rylski. In: Olha SUKHOMLYNSKA, ed.-in-chief, The Educational History Review. Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University. Uman, 2006, iss. 1, pp. 51–61 [in Ukrainian].
14. RYLSKYI, Maksym. From My Memoirs. In: Maksym RYLSKYI, Collected Works: in Twenty Volumes. Kyiv: Scientific Thought, 1988, vol. 19: Autobiographical Materials. Itinerary Notes. Letters (1907–1956), p. 33 [in Ukrainian].
15. RYLSKYI, Maksym. Glory to His Memory. In: Liubov HOLOTA, ed.-in-chief, The Word of Enlightenment. 2017, no. 38 (September, 21–27); no. 39 (September, 28) [in Ukrainian].
16. RYLSKYI, Maksym (compiler). Tadeusz Rylski. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. Prefaced and annotated by Nadiya PAZIAK. Kyiv: Success and Career, 2013, 576 pp. [in Ukrainian].
17. RYLSKI, Tadeusz. On the Issue of Studying the Ukrainian Folk Worldview. Pt. I. Religious Relationships. In: Oleksandr LASHKEVYCH, ed., The Kyivan Past: A Monthly Historical Magazine. Kyiv: Hryhoriy Korchak-Novytskyi Printing House, 1888 (yr. 7), Vol. XXIII, no. 11 (November), pp. 266–306; Pt. II. Family Relationships. In: Yevhen KYVLYTSKYI, ed., The Kyivan Past, 1890 (yr. 9), vol. XXX, no. 9 (September), pp. 341–372, vol. XXXI, no. 10 (October), pp. 1–26, no. 11 (November), pp. 125–232; Pt. III. Economic Relationships. In: Volodymyr NAUMENKO, ed.-in-chief, The Kyivan Past, 1903, yr. 22, vol. LXXXI, no. 4 (April), pp. 1–23, no. 5 (May), pp. 161–191 [in Russian].
18. FR[ANKO], Iv[an]. In Memory of Tadeusz Rylski. In: Volodymyr HNATIUK, Mykhaylo HRUSHEVSKYI, Ivan FRANKO, eds.‑in‑chief, Literary and Scientific Bulletin: A Monthly of Literature, Science and Public Life. Lviv: Shevchenko Scientific Society Printing House under supervision of Karol Bednarskyi, 1902, yr. 5, vol. XX, pp. 160–161. Reprinted in: Maksym RYLSKYI (compiler). Tadeusz Rylski. He Never Ever Adhered to the Falsehood in His Life. Prefaced and annotated by Nadiya PAZIAK. Kyiv: Success and Career, 2013, pp. 494–496 [in Ukrainian].
19. CHUPRYNKA, I. In Memory of the Unforgettable Teacher. In: Mefodiy PAVLOVSKYI, ed.-in-chief, The Council. 1908, no. 218 (September 25 (October 8), p. 1 [in Ukrainian].
20. SHPAK, Viktor. Tadeusz Rylski, A Khlopoman. In: Serhiy BRAHA, ed.-in-chief. The Governmental Courier. 2011, no. 2 (January 11) [in Ukrainian].