The concept of «musical dedication» as a mean of actualization of the dialogic nature of culture is considered. Musical compositions-dedications to the outstanding Ukrainian composer Stanislav Lyudkevych by the modern Ukrainian composers Valery Kikta, Yevhen Stankovych and Bohdana Filts are interpreted as a dialogue of artists in the space-time of culture.
«Romantic Variations on S. Lyudkevych Theme» for harp (1979); «Choral Prelude in Memory of S. Lyudkevych» for male choir on folk texts (1979) by V. Kikta; «Elegy in Memory of S. Lyudkevych» for string orchestra (1979) by E. Stankovych; the vocal cycle «Silver Strings» based on the words of O. Oles (1969) and the piano play «Memory» from the cycle «Musical Dedi-cations» (1993) by B. Filtz are the works which testify to the diversity of creative and human rela-tionships between artists, their communication about universal values, and the important role of ar-tistic communications in the organization of cultural space.
It is noted that musical compositions-dedications have a successful mnemonic function, ob-jectify the category of «memory of culture» in sounds, establish semantic and interpretive correla-tions between individuals and their artistic and imaginative ideas. It is emphasized that culture is what is «here and now», it is a way of existence on the crossroad of Present, Past and Future which opens the new horizons of the meaning of human life and creativity.
