ART DIRECTION AS A PHENOMENON OF MUSICAL CULTURE OF UKRAINE

The article explores the traditions of choral conducting in the context of the professionalization of musical art, and the significance of the conductor's tradition for Ukrainian musical art and the spiritual culture of our people as a whole is found out. It was noted that the period of development of the Ukrainian national conductor education confirmed the pedagogical ideas about the introduction of national priorities and democratization of education, the importance of in-depth professionalization of the content, methods and forms of training choir conductors, educating students as bright creative individuals. It is proved that the performing art of conducting continues to evolve as the musical language becomes more complex, the level of skill of the orchestra students is growing. This requires even better training for future conductors.          Key words: folklore, national tradition, choral art, sacred music, conductor, choral culture.Маслєннікова Ю. Л., Степанюк А. В. Мистецтво диригування як феномен музичної культури України / Луцький педагогічний коледж, Україна, м. Луцьк          У статті досліджено традиції хорового диригування в контексті професіоналізації музичного мистецтва, з’ясовано значення диригентської традиції для українського музичного мистецтва й духовної культури нашого народу в цілому. Зазначено, що в розвитку української національної диригентської освіти затвердилися педагогічні ідеї щодо запровадження національних пріоритетів і демократизації освіти, важливості поглибленої професіоналізації змісту, методів, форм підготовки диригентів хору, виховання студентів як яскравих творчих індивідуальностей. Доведено, що виконавське мистецтво диригування продовжує розвиватися, оскільки ускладнюється музична мова, зростає рівень майстерності оркестрантів. Це потребує ще кращої професійної підготовки майбутніх диригентів.          Ключові слова: фольклор, національна  традиція, хорове мистецтво, духовна музика, диригент, хорова культура

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TNF is a multifunctional cytokine that, at physiological concentrations, maintains the balance between apoptosis and survival of male germ cells and, at higher concentrations, has adverse effects on various stages of the reproductive process. Although ant-cytokine therapies have been used in millions of patients, the consequences of cytokine deficiency for reproductive functions are poorly understood and need attention. In this work, we have studied behavioral interactions between males and females, spermatogenesis, male fertility, and embryonic developmental characteristics of the progeny in TNFα knockout mice (TNF-/-). We have demonstrated that TNF is involved in the regulation of sexual behavior, spermatogenesis, pre- and postimplantation development. Complete TNF deficiency led to decreased reproductive efficiency: a lower number of viable embryos were observed in TNF-/- mice than in wild-type mice. The decrease in fertility was caused by preimplantation embryo loss in TNF-/- mice. Preimplantation loss in females might be caused by asospermia in TNF-/- males. Additionally, the sensitivity of reproductive functions to female stimuli was different between TNF-/- mice and wild-type mice, while interactions with females increased the concentrations of sper­matozoids in both TNF-/- and wild-type mice. Still higher levels were observed in knockout animals, which led to increase in the number of immature spermatozoids in epididymides

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