ILYA SATS’ LIFE AND CREATIVITY IN THE DOMESTIC CULTURAL SPACE OF THE EARLY 20 CENTURY

The subject of the study is comprehensive understanding of the life and creativity by I. Sats – a significant figure in the national musical life of the early twentieth century. The purpose of the article is exploring the circumstances of I. Sats' activity in the socio-cultural context of the era. The methodology of the article includes: historical and chronological method – for studying the events of the artist's biography; source method – for research of archival materials, correspondence, reconstruction of composer's creative life; hermeneutical analysis method – for interpretation of literary inheritance (libretto, music criticism) by I. Sats in the context of the early twentieth century; logic-generalization method – to summarize the results of the study. As a result of the research, a complex view on the multivectoral creative activity by I. Sats was formed, his significant role in the formation of new genres of musical and theatrical creativity, development of the humanitarian space of Chernihiv, Irkutsk, and Moscow was proved. The application of the results of the research in scientific, music-pedagogical and educational activities will significantly expand the established ideas about the development of the national musical culture.