Polish Visions of Boris Lyatoshinsky

This article examines the connections of the outstanding Ukrainian composer Boris Lyato-shinsky with Polish culture of the 20th century. These connections can be traced at the genetic level and in the context of his music from the 1950s and 1960s. It is argued that the Polish theme forms a kind of supercycle in the composer’s work, which symbolizes the memory of culture and unites a number of his works with Polish themes. These include the piano “Slavic Concerto” by B.Lyatoshinsky, the symphonic poems “Grazhina” and “On the Banks of the Vistula,” and the “Polish Suite” for a symphony orchestra. This supercycle is associated with the “memorial” genre, which actualizes the “memory” mechanism. In this case, we are talking about the “Polish memory” of B. Lyatoszynski, a characteristic feature of which is the connec-tion with the Polish musical culture, which is present in his works at the intonation, genre, and conceptual level