Mykhailo Verykivsky ( 14 June 1962) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor and teacher. He was an

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of Ukraine in 1944.

Biography

In early years Mykhailo Verykivsky grows in an atmosphere of love and respect for Ukrainian native folk songs, which influenced his musical work. After graduating from elementary school, Verykivsky entered the city school and was admitted to the bishop's choir. He continued his musical education at the

Kremenets Kremenets ( uk, Крем'янець, Кременець, translit. ''Kremianets'', ''Kremenets''; pl, Krzemieniec; yi, קרעמעניץ, Kremenits) is a city in Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of ...

Commercial School (1912-1914), where he conducted the choir and orchestra of folk instruments, played in the school symphony orchestra, studied cello, piano and made his first attempts at composition - he created piano preludes and romances.Davydova 2014, 67 In 1914 Verykivsky began to study at

Kyiv Conservatory Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine ( uk, Національна музична академія України імені Петра Чайковського) or Kyiv Conservatory is a Ukrainian state institution of higher music e ...

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player. In 1915 with the beginning of World War І Verykivsky was determined to enter the military college where he studies until 1918. In 1918 he rejoin Kyiv Conservatory to the composition class of

Boleslav Yavorsky Boleslav Leopoldovich Yavorsky (russian: Болеслав Леопольдович Яворский; June 22, 1877, Kharkiv – November 26, 1942) was a Russian musicologist, music teacher, administrator and pianist. Through his teachings an ...

and graduated in 1923.Encyclopedia of modern Ukraine From 1922 he works as a teacher at the Mykola Lysenko Institute of Music and Drama and, later, in Kyiv Conservatory (until 1960, with a break in 1941–1944; from 1946 he was its professor). 1920 - leader of the

Ukrainian National Chorus The Ukrainian Republic Capella (later known as the Ukrainian National Chorus) was a musical company during and after World War I which toured Europe and North America with the intent to promote Ukrainian culture abroad. The main sponsor of the Cap ...

; 1921–1928 - co-founder, board member and chairman of the Mykola Leontovych Society; 1928–1930 - Chairman of the Presidium and head of the scientific and creative department of the All-Ukrainian Society of Revolutionary Musicians. 1926–1928 - conductor of the Kyiv Opera and Ballet Theater, 1928–1935 - . 1940 - head of the , 1950-1958 - researcher at the Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnography of the

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Legacy

His works include the ballet ''Pan Kaniovsky'';Pan Kaniovsky, in reference to a

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Mikołaj Potocki Mikołaj "Bearpaw" Potocki (; 1595 – 20 November 1651) was a Polish nobleman, magnate and Field Crown Hetman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1637 to 1646, Grand Hetman of the Crown from 1646 to 1651, governor of Bracław Voivodes ...

, is an

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from the Ukrainian folk ballad 5 operas (including

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukrainian poet, writ ...

-based operas ''The Sotnyk''

Sotnyk Sotnik or sotnyk (, uk, сотник, bg, стотник) was a military rank among the Cossack '' starshyna'' (military officers), Strelets Troops (17th century) in Muscovy and Imperial Cossack cavalry (since 1826), the Ukrainian Insurgent Arm ...

was a

Ukrainian cossacks The Zaporozhian Cossacks, Zaporozhian Cossack Army, Zaporozhian Host, (, or uk, Військо Запорізьке, translit=Viisko Zaporizke, translit-std=ungegn, label=none) or simply Zaporozhians ( uk, Запорожці, translit=Zaporoz ...

' military rank and ''The Servant Girl''); an oratorio on

Marusia Bohuslavka Marusia Bohuslavka was a legendary heroine who lived in Ukraine in the 16th or 17th century. She is primarily known from many Ukrainian epic ballads ('' dumas''), usually referred to as ''Duma about Marusya Bohuslavka'', and other Ukrainian folkl ...

; five cantatas; a concerto for piano and orchestra (1950); a number of orchestral works; a large body of piano music;

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and church music; original choral works and arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs for chorus; about 70 original solo art songs and settings of Ukrainian folk songs for voice and piano; children's songs; and music for radio and films.Encyclopedia of Ukraine Сhoral genre is a most important in Verikivsky's legacy. His works include five types of works - large forms, choral miniatures, folk songs choral arrangements, music for church and music for children.Davydova 2014, 69 These compositions are highly influenced by

Mykola Leontovich Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (23 January 1921; ua, Микола Дмитрович Леонтович, link=no (); also Leontovich) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher. His music was inspired by the Ukrainian c ...

Selected works

;Operas: *''Heaven works'' ("''Діла небесні''", 1931) *''The Sotnyk'' ("''Сотник''", 1939) *''The Servant Girl'' ("''Наймичка»''", 1943) * ''Runaways'' ("''Втікачі''", 1948) *''Glory'' ("''Слава''", 1961) ;Other stage works: *Musical comedy ''Viy'' («''Вій''», 1936, revised in 1945)"Viy": based on

Nikolay Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

's horror story " Viy" *Ballet ''Pan Kaniovsky'' («''Пан Каньовський''», 1930) ;Choral and symphonic works: *Оratorio ''A

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about

the Warrior Girl'' («''Дума про дівку-бранку Марусю Богуславку''», 1923) *Simphonic suite ''Freckles'' («''Веснянки»'', 1924) *Cantata ''The wrath of the Slavs'' («''Гнів слов'ян''», 1941) *Symphonic poem ''Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny'' («Петро Конашевич-Сагайдачний», 1944).About

Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny ( uk, Петро Конашевич-Сагайдачний; pl, Piotr Konaszewicz-Sahajdaczny; born about 1582 in Kulchytsi, today Sambir Raion – 20 April 1622 in Kyiv) was a Ukrainian Cossack political and ...

;Other: *over 60

and vocal works *over 40 (regular) songs and about 100 songs for children *about 100 arrangements of Ukrainian folk songs for various artists

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