Musicology Dissertations by Stefaniia Turkevych and Zynovii Lysko as a Factor in National and Cultural Identity Establishment

The purpose of the research is to comprehend the work of the first Ukrainian scholars in the field of musicology in the context of international musical relations of Ukrainian musical culture. The article examines the musicology dissertations of Stefaniia Turkevych and Zynovii Lysko as a factor in the affirmation of national and cultural identity. The main emphasis is made on the musicological and cultural analysis of these dissertations. Research methodology. The article uses historical, axiological, and cultural approaches and their corresponding methods. In particular, the historical and chronological method was used to consider the issues of dissertations covering a significant period (nineteenth – early twentieth centuries) and spatial dimension (Ukraine, Russia, Galicia, Czechoslovakia), the axiological method – to determine the value of the achievements of Ukrainian musicologists, the comparative method – to compare the issues of dissertations, and the cultural method – to present the contribution of musical culture figures to the world and Ukrainian treasury. The scientific novelty of the research is the introduction of systematized information and archival materials about the first musicological studies of Ukrainians abroad. Conclusions. Both dissertations by S. Turkevych and Z. Lysko were not only innovative at the time, but have not lost their relevance today when the issues of national and cultural identities are again becoming acute at the beginning of the twenty-first century when Ukraine is defending its freedom and independence in the fight against the Russian enemy