#Leontovych

[sailor-moon-rei]

It hurts so much 😔

[pettania]

We return to the Barbican tomorrow for another Christmas offering, performing Handel-Mozart's Messiah with Britten Sinfonia. Find out more on bbc.co.uk/singers

[tomorrowusa]

Something for Christmas. Many people still don't know that this carol has its origins in Ukraine.

Щасливого Різдва! Merry Christmas!

[luvetlux]

The song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk", also known as the "Bell Carol".

Performed by LIBERA, from the 2019 album ‘Christmas Carols with Libera' Conductor - Robert Prizeman Music - M Leontovych Arranged - Robert Prizeman Soloist - Luca Brugnoli

Filmed at St Augustine’s Church, Kilburn Video director - Emyr Afan Video editor - Scott Jaeger

Every time You'll hear "Carol of the bells" this year, pleaey keep in mind that Mykola Leontovych was killed by russians on 23rd of January 1921. 101 years later russians still are killing Ukrainians.

“Shchedryk” was arranged by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych at the beginning of the 20th century. The song is based on the traditional Ukrainian folk chant welcoming the New Year (“shchedrivka”). In 1921, the Ukrainian National Chorus sung the song in the United States to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall. Later, Peter J. Wilhousky rearranged the melody for orchestra and wrote the new lyrics in English thus creating “Carol of the Bells”. The original “Shchedryk” by Leontovych was intended to be sung a cappella by mixed four-voice choir.

[draumurt]

So, a bit about Mykola Leontovych. He's a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher. His the most famous song is "Shchedryk" (ua: Щедрик). "Carol of the Bells" was based on this song. So, back to the composer.

23 January 1921, he was at his dad's in village Markivka (ua: Марківка), where he was killed by Cheka's (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage under the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR) agent Afanasy Grishchenko in the morning. The Cheka's agent robbed them and shot the composer. The report text was made public only in nineties, from which we know the name of the agent.

Mykola Leontovych wasn't the first and wasn't the last who was killed by soviet regime, but many of them were claimed as "russian" people

[mod-a-day]

Mykola Leontovych, Brent Jordan (Brenthoven) "Shchedryk" ("Carol of the Bells" MOD Arrangement) Shchedryk (1922) The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company

[cbjustmusic]

Kings Return performing “Carol of the Bells”, a song based on a Ukrainian composition that premiered in the United States in 1922. The second video features the Ukrainian choir who performed the song in Carnegie Hall earlier this month to celebrate this centennial anniversary. _______________________ Carol of the Bells Music by Mykola Leontovych; Lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky

Hark! how the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say, "Throw cares away." Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold

Ding, dong, ding, dong That is their song With joyful ring All caroling One seems to hear Words of good cheer From ev'rywhere Filling the air

Oh how they pound, Raising the sound, O'er hill and dale, Telling their tale, Gaily they ring While people sing Songs of good cheer Christmas is here Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas

Hark! how the bells Sweet silver bells All seem to say, "Throw cares away." Christmas is here Bringing good cheer To young and old Meek and the bold

Ding, dong, ding, dong That is their song With joyful ring All caroling One seems to hear Words of good cheer From ev'rywhere Filling the air

Oh how they pound, Raising the sound, O'er hill and dale, Telling their tale, Gaily they ring While people sing Songs of good cheer Christmas is here Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas

On, on they send On without end Their joyful tone To ev'ry home

[wintersmitth]

@hussyknee saw your reply and figured it'd be easier to make a new post!

I suppose, C*rol of Bells is Christian, but only lyrics, written by Peter J. Wilhousky.

But in reality, Shchedryk is an ancient pre Christian folk song, the echo of times when new year was in spring, and the music was written down by ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych.

Here is a very beautiful site about history of it, and how it became a part of American culture, and you can hear it in ukrainian there, as it should be.

[awesome-svsv]

We wish u merry Christmas 🎄

[learnukrainian]

Ukrainian Christmas carols

Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it! I hope that these songs will fill your heart with joy and hope <3

Щедрик or Carol of the bells (did you know that it was originally written by a Ukrainian composer Leontovych? :))

2. Хай Ісус, мале дитя (May Jesus, little baby..)

3. Коляда-колядка (Carol)

4. Добрий вечір тобі, пане господарю (Good evening to you, good sir)

5. BONUS :) Ukrainian cover of the 'Silent Night' (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht)

[syndromealice-blog]

Every time you’ll hear “Carol of the bells”, remember the author of this is Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych was killed by russians on 23rd of January 1921.

101 years later they still wanna destroy us. That’s not putin’s war. Remember this. Merry Christmas.

[lengthofropes]

Btw happy festive season everyone, and here's a reminder that worldwide known and loved Carol of the bells is originally Ukrainian. "Shchedryk" (Ukrainian: Щедрик, from Щедрий вечiр, "Bountiful Evening") is a Ukrainian shchedrivka, or New Year's song. It was arranged by composer and teacher Mykola Leontovych in 1916.

It was later adapted as an English Christmas carol, "Carol of the Bells", by Peter J. Wilhousky, following a performance of the original song by Alexander Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus at Carnegie Hall on October 5, 1921. Wilhousky copyrighted and published his new lyrics (which were not based on the Ukrainian lyrics) in 1936, and the song became popular in the United States and Canada, where it became strongly associated with Christmas. This season it was performed by Ukraine’s Shchedryk Children Choir at Cargaegy hall again ❤️

[haverkampink]

WOW ok I haven't posted in a long time, I was too busy getting my master's degree!!! I made a lot of art this spring, here's some teasers of my thesis presentation on Leontovych's Na Rusalchyn Velykden, and an entire two classes worth of attendance index cards - 3min self-portrait warmups, idea courtesy of the legendary Lynda Barry.

Anyway, if anyone is still here, I'm a college professor now, but I'm not going to let that stop me making ridiculous fan comics (and hopefully, in fact, it gives me more ideas).

love & light, stay frosty, xo