Musicians - Mykola Leontovych

Home > Listing Index > Musicians > Mykola Leontovych

	Musicians - Mykola Leontovych

Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (December 1, 1877–January 22 or January 23, 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, chorus conductor, publicman, and teacher of international renown.

Leontovych is most famous for composing Shchedryk in 1916, the song that Carol of the Bells was later adapted from. His other works include “Kozaka nesutj”, “Dudaryk”, “Iz-za hory snizhok letytj”, “Zhenchychok-brenchychok”, and “Hayu, hayu zelen rozmayu”. He was assassinated on the night of January 22, 1921.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Mykola Leontovych ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Mykola Leontovych; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay