Ivan Fedorovych Karabyts (; 17 January 1945 – 20 January 2002) was a Ukrainian composer and conductor, and a

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. He was born in the village of

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in eastern Ukraine, and graduated from the

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in 1971, where he studied under

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and

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. Karabyts conducted the Dance Ensemble of the Kyiv Military District and the

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. He also taught at the Kyiv Conservatory. Ivan Karabyts wrote works for solo

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, voice, piano, and voice, as well as different combinations of instruments. His works have been performed throughout the nations of the former Soviet Union, many European nations, and the United States. He died in

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, aged 57. His son is the conductor

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Style

L. Kyyanovska maintained that all of the composers who influenced Karabyts' music were united by passion and a willingness to confront the officially accepted canons of art. Nevertheless, Karabyts' teacher

had a noticeable influence on his music, as well as a group of like-minded students including V. Silvestrov, L. Grabovsky, V. Godziatsky, V. Guba, E. Stankovych, and O. Kiva. O. Beregova considered that Karabyts' work showed the breadth and universality of creative thinking and an innovative approach to traditional musical genres and forms. Early works by Karabyts are distinguished by the expressiveness of musical language and the search for individual style and the composer's liberal use of

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. Most of the early works were chamber works, some of them in

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style, including "Three songs on folk texts" for voice and piano (1969), "Songs by Yavdokha Zuikha" for voice, flute and viola, and "Music" for solo violin (1974). In the 1970s and 1980s, Karabyts was attracted to large-scale musical productions. Symphonic and vocal-symphonic genres predominate (such as the oratorio "Kyiv Frescoes" and three concerts for orchestra), as well as philosophical and civic themes (including themes of the Motherland, memory, moral duty). Karabyts' vocal-symphonic works tend to conceptual concreteness, entertainment, achieved by dramaturgical functions of the narrator, independent and rather active role of the poetic component, program accuracy of musical expression, genre associativity, timbre dramaturgy, etc.Tereshchenko, 50 The universality of the musical language of the works of his next period was determined by the synthesis of various elements of modern compositional techniques (such as

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, aleatorics, sonoristics) in combination with new tonal and new modal pitch organization, intersection of different stylistic tendencies (neoclassicism, neo-baroque, neo-impressionism, jazz). In the figurative sphere, the tragic is intensified and the theme of repentance is actualized (Concerto 3 "Lamentation", Concert-triptych for orchestra), the pantheistic theme sounded in a new way («Music from Waterside»).T. Bondarenko, H. Stepanchenk
"Karabits Ivan Fedorovych"
''Ukrainian Music Encyclopedia''. vol. 2, pp. 325–327 In a letter to

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, Ivan Karabits described his own style as follows:

Selected works

For orchestra

* Symphonies: No. 1 "5 songs about Ukraine" (1974), No. 2 (1977) * Concerts for orchestra: No. 1 (1981), No. 2 (1986), No. 3 (1989) * "Dedicated to October" (symphonic prelude, 1977) * Triumphal Overture (1980) * ballet "Heroic Symphony" (1982)

For choir (voice) and symphony orchestra

* "Garden of Divine Songs" on the poem by Hryhoriy Skovoroda for choir, soloists and symphony orchestra (1971) * "Vivere memento" ("Remember to live") on the poem by

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for bass and symphony orchestra (1970) * "My native Donbass" (1980) * "Kiev frescoes" opera-oratorio on verse by Borys Oliynyk for soloists, choir and symphony orchestra * "Prayer of Catherine" on the poem by Catherine Motrych for chtitsa, children's choir and symphony orchestra (1993) * "Jubilee cantata" on the poem

Mykola Rudenko Mykola Danylovych Rudenko (; 19 December 1920 – 1 April 2004) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian poet, writer, philosopher, Soviet dissidents, Soviet dissident, human rights Activism, activist and World War II veteran. He was the founder of the Ukra ...

for soloists, choir and symphony orchestra

For instruments solo and symphony orchestra

* Piano concertos with orchestra: No. 1 (1968), No. 2 (1971), No. 3 "Lamentation" (1989) * 5 musical moments for piano and orchestra (1999) * Cello concerto with orchestra (1968)

For jazz band

* Quintet (1966) * Ukrainian souvenir (1980) * "Festive Kyiv" (1980) * "Symphony of Labor" (1981)

For chamber orchestra

* Symphony for Strings (1967) * Symphony No.3 for strings * Concertino for chamber orchestra (1970) * Triptych for Strings (1996) * Vio-serenade (2000) for string orchestra

For voice and instruments

* "Three Ukrainian songs" for choir and piano (1969) * "Pastels" vocal cycle on the words

Pavlo Tychyna Pavlo Hryhorovych Tychyna (; – September 16, 1967) was a major Ukrainians, Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman. He composed the lyrics to the Anthem of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Lif ...

for

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and piano (1970) * "From the Songs of Hiroshima" cycle on poems by E. Yoneda for soprano and flute * "Stories" vocal cycle on the texts of A. Kulich for baritone and piano (1975) * "From the lyrics of M. Rylsky" a series of songs for

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...

and piano (1976) * "On the shore of eternity" cycle of songs based on poems by B. Oliynyk * "Mother" cycle on poems by B. Oliynyk for voice and piano

For solo instruments

* Sonata for piano (1967) * "Music" for solo violin (1972) * 24 preludes for piano (1976) * "Waltz" for viola solo (1982)

Chamber works

* Sonatas for cello and piano: No. 1 (1968), No. 2 (1972) * "Lyrical Scenes" for violin and piano (1970) * Сoncert suite for violins (1973) * String Quartet (1973) * Concert divertissement for 6 performers (1975) * Impromptu for Viola and piano (1976) * "Disco round dance" for clarinet and piano (1981) * Concertino for 9 performers (1983) * "What the river sings" for 7 performers (1993) * "Introduction and Collision" for 2 violins and flute (1993) * "Music from waterside" for flute, clarinet, violin, piano and drums (1994)

Music for cinema

;Cinema: * "Thirteen Poplar Street" (1969) * "Commissioners" (1970) * "Discover yourself" (1972) * "Earthly and heavenly adventures" (1974) * "Island of Youth" (1976) * "Sergeant Onion's Country Trip" (1979) * "Life of the Holy Sisters" (1982) * "No year week" (1982, t / f) * "Heat of the cold earth" (1984) * "Ivanko and Tsar Poganin" (1984) * "Wonders in Garbuzyana" (1985) * "Wounded Stones" (1987) * "The Way to Hell" (1988) * "From the life of Ostap Vyshnya" (1991) * "Score on the tombstone" (1995) * "In the field of blood. Aceldama"(2001) and others. ;Cartoons: * "Toothpick" (1972) * "The elephant had a dream" (1973) * "The Boy with the Bridle" (1974) * "The Rooster and the Sun" (1974) * "Thread and Kitten" (1974) * "Dad, Mom and the Goldfish" (1976) * "Who is the master in the forest?" (1977) * "Cain's Tears" (1980) * "Winged Master" (1981) * "Rain, rain, let it go!" (1982) * "Crane" (1982) * "As the first letter was written" (1984) * «Жили-пили» (1985) * "Colorful History" (1986) * "Christmas Tale" (1993)

References

External links

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Ukrainian Musicians Directory
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karabyts, Ivan 1945 births 2002 deaths Academic staff of Kyiv Conservatory Burials at Baikove Cemetery Kyiv Conservatory alumni People from Donetsk Oblast Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Ukrainian classical composers Ukrainian music educators Ukrainian people of Greek descent