Typology of wedding melodies of the village Ostriv, Dubno region, Rivne area

The article offers studying of the wedding music culture in the village Ostriv of Central Volhyn. The main wedding rites are characterised retrospectively. The music repertoire consists of 112 vocal melodies, recorded by the author from old singers’ individual performance in non-rituals conditions and during the real wedding action. The methodological work of Lviv ethnomusicologist Bohdan Lukanyuk „Melotypol- ogy ladkankas and songs (based on West Polissya and West Volhyn)” are used for de- termining of melotypology of the songs. It was defined the main types are ladkankas, songs and pryspivkas. Keywords: Central Volhyn, Dubno region, Ostriv, vocal folklore, wedding cycle, melotypology.