The Kobzars’ art as a unique phenomenon of Ukrainian national musical culture

Purpose of Research. The purpose of the research is to characterise the nature of the Kobzar phenomenon as an organic component of Ukrainian national musical culture. Research Methodology. The research methodology is based on the systemic approach in the study of the highlighted issues and a set of the following methods: comparative, cultural, historical, analytical ones. Scientific Novelty. The scientific novelty consists in an attempt of the complex analysis, which include the determination of the essence of the Kobzars phenomenon, and the investigation its main features and peculiarities and the generalisation of the understanding of the Kobzar culture as a national high spiritual creative potential of the folk-cultural reality as a kind of stage in the development of national folk creativity in the paradigm of the Ukrainian musical tradition. Conclusions. The author has defined Kobzar art as a unique phenomenon of national Ukrainian music and song culture. The uniqueness and originality of the Kobzar phenomenon is in the fact of the existence and spreading of the Kobzar culture in the following areas as a folk and everyday environment, i the worldview essence of the singer’s personality, the high demands on his spiritual and moral world, musical skills, abilities, self-improvement, the understanding of their purposes and the performance of their duties and missions, the selection of the repertoire. Kobzar art is an indicator of the high civilizational development of folk traditions, musical culture and the Ukrainian people as a whole