Mykhailo Haivoronsky
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Michael Orest Hayvoronsky (Mykhailo Orest Haivoronsky) (September 15, 1892 – September 11, 1949) was a Ukrainian
composer
, musician
, conductor
, teacher, violin
ist, and critic
.
, in the Podilia
region. After graduating from the Zalischyky
seminary in 1912, he went to study in the Mykola Lysenko
music institute in Lviv
. At the beginning of World War I
there was a nationalistic independence movement of Halych, which Hayvoronsky took part. He was the organizer, conductor, and inspector
of many orchestra
s. In the early 1920s Michael took an active part in musical life. He taught at the Mykola Lysenko music institute in Lviv, was a teacher of music at a girl's gymnasium
, and conducted the combined choir
s: Boyan
and Bandurist
.
, to New York
. There he founded a Music Conservatory in 1924 and lectured at the Columbian University. Later, he organized a Ukrainian Instrumental Orchestra, which he directed until 1936. HAyvoronsky also organized and conducted a combined choir with singers from seven church choirs, with whom he had big concerts of his own works from 1932 to 1936. From the second half of the 1930s and on, the composer focused more on composing music, and supporting Ukrainian youth in America. Hayvoronsky died on September 11, 1949 in New York and is buried there.
, overture
s, and dances and marches for wind orchestra
.
collections:
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
, teacher, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist, and critic
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
.
Ukraine
Michael Hayvoronsky was born on September 15 (O.S. September 1), 1892 in ZalischykyZalischyky
Zalischyky is a small city located on the Dniester River in the southern part of the Ternopil Oblast , in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zalishchytskyi Raion ....
, in the Podilia
Podolia
The region of Podolia is an historical region in the west-central and south-west portions of present-day Ukraine, corresponding to Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Vinnytsia Oblast. Northern Transnistria, in Moldova, is also a part of Podolia...
region. After graduating from the Zalischyky
Zalischyky
Zalischyky is a small city located on the Dniester River in the southern part of the Ternopil Oblast , in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zalishchytskyi Raion ....
seminary in 1912, he went to study in the Mykola Lysenko
Mykola Lysenko
Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist.- Biography :Lysenko was born in Hrynky, Kremenchuk Povit, Poltava Governorate, the son of Vitaliy Romanovich Lysenko . From childhood he became very interested in the folksongs of Ukrainian peasants and...
music institute in Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
. At the beginning of World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
there was a nationalistic independence movement of Halych, which Hayvoronsky took part. He was the organizer, conductor, and inspector
Inspector
Inspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank in each police force.- Australia :...
of many orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s. In the early 1920s Michael took an active part in musical life. He taught at the Mykola Lysenko music institute in Lviv, was a teacher of music at a girl's gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
, and conducted the combined choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
s: Boyan
Boyan
Boyan may refer to:* Boyan , a common Bulgarian given name.*Boyan Botevo, a village in Mineralni bani, in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria* Boyan , town in Wu'an, Hebei, China...
and Bandurist
Bandurist
A bandurist is a person who plays the Ukrainian plucked string instrument known as the bandura.-Types of performers:There are a number of different types of bandurist who differ in their paricular choice of instrument, the specific repertoire they play and manner in which they approach their...
.
United States
In 1923, M. Hayvoronsky moved to the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. There he founded a Music Conservatory in 1924 and lectured at the Columbian University. Later, he organized a Ukrainian Instrumental Orchestra, which he directed until 1936. HAyvoronsky also organized and conducted a combined choir with singers from seven church choirs, with whom he had big concerts of his own works from 1932 to 1936. From the second half of the 1930s and on, the composer focused more on composing music, and supporting Ukrainian youth in America. Hayvoronsky died on September 11, 1949 in New York and is buried there.
Works
Michael Hayvoronsky's most famous songs include over 30 rifleman's (striletski) songs (some based on his own poems), the Dovbush RhapsodyRhapsody (music)
A rhapsody in music is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour and tonality. An air of spontaneous inspiration and a sense of improvisation make it freer in form than a set of variations...
, overture
Overture
Overture in music is the term originally applied to the instrumental introduction to an opera...
s, and dances and marches for wind orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
.
America
In America, significant works composed by Hayvoronsky include:- the Symphonic Allegro
- the waltzWaltzThe waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...
Chervona Kalyna - quartets for violin trio:
- Morozenko
- Christmas Suite
- Kolomiyka
- violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
pieces:- Eulogy
- Kolyskova
- Song without words
- Serenade
- Sonatina
Choir
M. Hayvoronsky also made the choirChoir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
collections:
- Carols and shchedrivkas
- The Hutsul ChristmasChristmasChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
- two Liturgies
- two Izhe Kheruvym
External links
- Info on Pisni.org
- Library for Youth Article on Haivoronsky
- Example of Striletsky song Words and music by Haivoronsky