Pavlo Matsenko as the Popularizer of the Ukrainian Music Abroad

The article deals with Pavlo Matsenko's life and creative path. Pavlo Matsenko was a teacher, a musicologist, a conductor, a composer of the Ukrainian Western Diaspora.The Ukrainian diaspora represents quite numerous group of Ukrainians living in different countries of the world. Many representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora made a significant contribution to the development and popularization of their native historical-cultural heritage abroad. A significant number of our compatriots still remain unknown or little known at Homeland. Pavlo Matsenko is among them. During his life, while he was far beyond Ukraine, he has popularized the Ukrainian music. He has focused the significant role of the young people, has been bringing up students in the best traditions of the Ukrainian music, on songs and creative heritage of the famous Ukrainian cultural actors. Study and comprehension of his creative heritage lets to show also his own personal contribution to the development of the Ukrainian musical culture in the twentieth century. A particularly valuable source for the study of musicological studios of the composer is materials of his scientific-journalistic activities. This is a significant volume of musicological essays (more than five hundred studies, reviews, articles), musicological writings on the history of Ukrainian church music and works of Ukrainian composers. A musical fund is a source of great value: church musical scores of Ukrainian choral works from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century, a variety of tunes, arrangements and compositions, secular choir of the Ukrainian music of the twentieth century, a significant collection of works by composers of the Diaspora. Along with the incredibly tense social activities, P. Matsenko worked as a music critic. He is the author of hundreds of essays and articles on various topics printed in different periodicals of Europe and America. He is the author of more than thirty essays on Ukrainian composers, namely M. Berezovsky, D. Bortnyansky, A. Vedel, N. Gaivoronsky, A. Koshyts, M. Leontovych, L. Revutsky, K. Stetsenko, Ya. Stepovy etc. Lifelong fruitful work of P. Matsenko as musical and public person dealt with different territories, from Cyprus, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Austria to Canada, where he realized his creative potential. The creative legacy of P. Matsenko is a valuable heritage for future generations.