THEMATIC DIVERSITY OF MIECZYSLAW KARLOVICZ’ S HERITAGE
This article is dedicated to composer creativity of Mieczyslaw Karlovicz (1876-1909), who was also famous as a violinist, conductor, essayist, photographer and alpinist. He was one of those who successfully raised the East Slavic melodic traditions to the European level. He used the Belarusian folk tunes in his musical works created in the stylistics of the late Romanticism. Particular attention is paid to the subject of thematic diversity in the composer’s heritage and its connection with socio-cultural characteristics of the era.