Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1877 – 23 January 1921; Ukrainian: Микола Дмитрович Леонтович (listen); also Leontovich) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher. His music was inspired by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko and the Ukrainian National Music School. Leontovych specialised in a cappella choral music, ranging from original compositions, to church music, to elaborate arrangements of folk music. Leontovych was born and raised in the Podolia province of the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine). He was educated as a priest in the Kamianets-Podilskyi Theological Seminary and later furthered his musical education at the Saint Petersburg Court Capella, and by means of private lessons with Boleslav Yavorsky. With the independence of the Ukrainian state in the 1917 revolution, Leontovych moved to Kyiv, where he worked at the Kyiv Conservatory and the Mykola Lysenko Institute of Music and Drama. He composed "Shchedryk" in 1904 (premiered in 1916), now known to the English-speaking world as "Carol of the Bells". He was murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921, and is known as a martyr in the Eastern Orthodox Ukrainian Church, where he is also remembered for his liturgy, the first liturgy composed in the vernacular, specifically in the modern Ukrainian language. During his lifetime, Leontovych's compositions and arrangements became popular with musicians across the Ukrainian region of the Russian Empire. Performances of his works in western Europe and North America earned him the nickname "the Ukrainian Bach". Apart from "Shchedryk", Leontovych's music is performed primarily in Ukraine and by the Ukrainian diaspora. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 13, 1877 (Monastyrysche), Died January 23, 1921 (Markivka)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger
Notes: Surname sometimes listed as Leontovich.
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-40675 | 10-in. | 10/28/1927 | Potchayeff | Russian Symphonic Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and soloist, unaccompanied | composer | |
Brunswick | 8779-8780 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1922 | Shtchedryk | Ukrainian National Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus | composer | |
Brunswick | 8898-8899 | 10-in. | = | Почаєвській Божій Матері | Petro Ordynski ; Ukrainian National Chorus | Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | BKR2703 | 10-in. | 1/9/1928 | Koliadka | Russian State Choir | Male vocal chorus, unaccompanied | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1474 | 10-in. | February 10 or after 1929 | Doudarik | Choeurs de la Chapele Mixte Ukrainienne Doumka ; Nestor Horodovenko | Chorus | arranger | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1476 | 10-in. | February 10 or after 1929 | Nad retchkoin berezkoin | Choeurs de la Chapele Mixte Ukrainienne Doumka ; Nestor Horodovenko | Chorus | arranger | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1477 | 10-in. | February 10 or after 1929 | Kosa | Choeurs de la Chapelle Mixte Ukrainienne Doumka ; Nestor Horodovenko | Vocal chorus | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Leontovych, Mykola Dmytrovych," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103034.
Leontovych, Mykola Dmytrovych. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103034.
"Leontovych, Mykola Dmytrovych." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Микола Дмитрович Леонтович
Discogs: Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
Allmusic: Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
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Britannica: Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Leontovych, M. (Mykola), 1877-1921 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81015375
Wikidata: Микола Дмитрович Леонтович - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q467914
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/8700628
MusicBrainz: Микола Дмитрович Леонтович - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/02861daf-f923-49fb-90e3-3ec44a600433
ISNI: 0000 0000 7982 6390 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000079826390
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