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"Shchedryk" was originally sung on the night of 13 January, New Year's Eve in the Julian Calendar (31 December Old Style), known in Ukraine as Malanka or Shchedry Vechir ("Generous Evening"). The song is an example of a Ukrainian shchedrivka [ uk ] , whilst the English words of "The Little Swallow" identifies it as a koliadka .
A key figure in the development of Ukrainian nationalist music during the 19th century was the composer, conductor and pianist Mykola Lysenko, [3] whose compositions include nine operas, and music for piano. He used Ukrainian poetry, including that of the poet Taras Shevchenko. In 1904, Lysenko opened the Russian Empire's first Ukrainian music ...
2014 in Dnipropetrovsk region began the initiative group of nomination dossier for inclusion of Cossack songs into the UNESCO Intangible Heritage List.On November 28, 2016, the Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage List included Cossack songs of the Dnipropetrovsk region on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of urgent protection.
Over time, the work was translated for the military orchestras of the Red Army and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, such as "Ukrainian March" by Simon Chernetsky. In the 1970s, a version of the song performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir with the refrain "Marusya once, two, three viburnums" became widely known.
Dumka (Ukrainian: думка, dúmka, plural думки, dúmky) is a musical term introduced from the Ukrainian language, with cognates in other Slavic languages. The word dumka literally means "thought". Originally, it was the diminutive form of the Ukrainian term duma, pl. dumy, "a Slavic (specifically
Ukrainian folk music includes a number of varieties of traditional, folkloric, folk-inspired popular music, and folk-inspired European classical music traditions. In the 20th century numerous ethnographic and folkloric musical ensembles were established in Ukraine and gained popularity.
Pages in category "Ukrainian folk songs" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist, [22] Lysenko was the central figure of Ukrainian music in his time. [23] He was a prolific composer, writing many piano pieces, over a hundred art songs, operas, as well as orchestral, chamber and choral music.