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⚫ '''Dr Oleksander Koshetz''' (], ] – ], ]) was a ] choral ], ], ], ], ], and ]. He helped popularize ] around the world. ({{lang-uk |Олександр Кошиць}}, ''Oleksandr Koshyts’'', first name sometimes translated ''Alexander'')
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⚫ '''Alexander Koshetz''' (12 September 1875 – 21 September 1944) was a Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer, ], writer, ], and lecturer. He helped popularize ] around the world. His name is sometimes transliterated as '''Oleksandr Koshyts''' ({{langx|uk|Олександр Кошиць|links=no}}).


At one time, a performance of Koshetz’s Ukrainian National Chorus held the world record for audience attendance, excluding sporting events. George Gershwin is said to have based his song “Summertime” on a Ukrainian lullaby, “Oi khodyt’ son”, which he heard in a New York City performance by the choir. At one time, a performance of Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus held the world record for audience attendance, excluding sporting events. His performance also popularized ]'s "]" in his concert, which ] later translated into the popular "]".


==Biography== ==Biography==


=== Early life and career ===
⚫ Koshetz was born in the village of Romashky in ]. He graduated from the Kiev Theological Academy in ], then studied in the ] School of Music and Drama, ]–]. He taught choral music at Kiev’s Imperial Conservatory of Music, conducted the Sadovsky Theatre Orchestra, served as conductor and choirmaster of the Kiev Opera, and collected Ukrainian folk songs in Kiev an Kuban’ regions.
] in a performance of the ] in 1917.]]
⚫ Koshetz was born in the village of ] in ], ] (now ], ], ]). He graduated from the ] in 1901, then studied in the ] School of Music and Drama, 1908–1910. He taught choral music at ], conducted the Sadovsky Theatre Orchestra, served as conductor and choirmaster of the ].<ref name="EoU"> article in the '']''. Last updated 2009.</ref>


He also collected ] from central Ukrainian areas (notably around Kiev itself) as well as from the modern Russian area of ], where he specially set out to see whether musical traditions of the ] are still present in their descendants, the ], who resettled there following the dissolution of the ]. In the latter case, he too managed to collect a number of songs.<ref name="parafia koval"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915163932/http://www.parafia.org.ua/fonoteka/kompozytory/koshyts-oleksandr-antonovych/ |date=15 September 2011 }} Article about Oleksandr Koshyts by Roman Koval {{in lang|uk}}</ref>
⚫ In ] Koshetz married a former student and singer in his choirs. His wife ] (]&ndash;]) was a vocalist in the Ukrainian National Chorus, voice teacher, and after ] curator of the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in Winnipeg.


From 1911 the directorate of the Imperial Music School invited him to lead a choral singing class at the school and later at the conservatory. In 1912, Mykola Sadovsky invited Oleksandr Koshyts to be the conductor of his theater, where he staged operas by Mykola Lysenko, Denis Sichynsky, Pietro Mascagni, and others. The Tale of the Old Mill” by Spiridon Cherkasenko and others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-03 |title=Кошиць Олександр Антонович |url=http://ukrspiritmuz.net.ua/pages/2_17.html |access-date=2022-05-11 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403004604/http://ukrspiritmuz.net.ua/pages/2_17.html |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
⚫ Koshetz was co-founder and Conductor of the Ukrainian Republican Capella (later renamed Ukrainian National Chorus). The choir toured Europe and the Americas in ]&ndash;] and ]&ndash;], in support of the international Ukrainian community.


From 1916 to 1917 he was choirmaster and conductor of the Kyiv Opera.<ref>{{cite web|title=Олександр Кошиць|url=http://www.parafia.org.ua/person/koshyts-oleksandr/|website=Наша Парафія|type=сайт}}</ref>
⚫ He moved to ] in ] where he collected liturgical music, arranged and popularized Ukrainian ]. Koshetz also documented the choir’s travels in the memoir ''With Song, Around the World'' (''З піснею через світ'').


=== Ukrainian Republic Capella and emigration ===
⚫ From ] Koshetz spent the summer months teaching in ], ], where he died in ] at age 69. The ] in Winnipeg is named in his memory.
], c. 1922-1924]]
⚫ After ], Koshetz was the co-founder and conductor of the ] (later renamed Ukrainian National Chorus). The choir toured Europe and the Americas in 1919–1924 and 1926–27, in support of the international Ukrainian community.


⚫ In 1917 Koshetz married a former student and singer in his choirs ] (1892–1966) who was later to become a vocalist in the ], voice teacher, and after 1944 curator of the ] in Winnipeg.
⚫ ==References==


It was Koshetz who introduced the song "]" by ], at a concert in Kyiv in 1919. Eventually the song became a Christmas classic under the name "]".
⚫ * Koshetz, Oleksander (1952&ndash;1974) ''З піснею через світ: подорож української республиканської капелі'' (''Z pisneiu cherez svit: podorozh ukrains’koi respublikans’koi kapeli''), 3 volumes. Winnipeg, Культура і освіта (Kul’tura i osvita).


⚫ He moved to New York City in 1922 where he collected liturgical music, arranged and popularized Ukrainian ]. Koshetz also documented the choir's travels in the memoir ''With Song, Around the World'' (''З піснею через світ'').
⚫ The personal archives of Olexander and Tetyana Koshetz remain at the Ukrainian Cultural and Education Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


In 1926, he settled in New York and worked in the United States and Canada to educate new conductors: he conducted music courses for conductors, etc. He composed church music (5 liturgies, some chants), and arranged folk songs. In New York, he continued to popularize Ukrainian music with his compositions, arrangements, and gramophone recordings, and the music publishing house Witmark & Son published massive editions of forty-two Ukrainian folk songs arranged by Oleksandr Koshyts in English.
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⚫ From 1941 Koshetz spent the summer months teaching in ], Canada, where he died in 1944 at age 69. His body is buried at Glen Eden Cemetery, ], Manitoba.

== Commemoration ==
The O. Koshetz Choir in Winnipeg is named in his memory.

A unique concert titled the ''Unknown Koshetz'' was produced at the ] on 26 March 2006. The concert featured the Olexander Koshetz Choir of Winnipeg performing Koshetz "choral orchestrations" of music of Hawaii, Scotland, Afro-Americana, and First Nations, sung in both English and Ukrainian translations.

On his 130th birthday, a commemorative concert was held in Uspenskyi Cathedral of ] by the best graduates of the ] under patronage of ] ] and under blessing of ].<ref> at arhiv.orthodoxy.org.ua</ref>

⚫ The personal archives of Alexander and Tetyana Koshetz remain at the ] in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

== Music ==
Although Koshetz was mostly known as a conductor, he also did his share of composing and arranging music. In the 1920s, after the creation of the ], Koshetz composed his ], the ], as well as ten Ukrainian religious chants. Later in emigration, he composed much more religious music.<ref name="parafia yurchenko"> Article on Koshyts by Mstyslav Yurchenko {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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⚫ == References ==
⚫ *Koshetz, Oleksander (1952–1974) ''З піснею через світ: подорож української республиканської капелі'' (''Z pisneiu cherez svit: podorozh ukrains’koi respublikans’koi kapeli''), 3 volumes. Winnipeg, Культура і освіта (Kul’tura i osvita).
*Кошиць О. Спогади. — Част. 1. — Вінніпег, 1947.
*Кошиць О. Спогади. — Част. 2. — Вінніпег, 1948.

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Alexander Koshetz

Alexander Koshetz (12 September 1875 – 21 September 1944) was a Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist, and lecturer. He helped popularize Ukrainian music around the world. His name is sometimes transliterated as Oleksandr Koshyts (Ukrainian: Олександр Кошиць).

At one time, a performance of Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus held the world record for audience attendance, excluding sporting events. His performance also popularized Mykola Leontovych's "Shchedryk" in his concert, which Peter Wilhousky later translated into the popular "Carol of the Bells".

Biography

Early life and career

Koshetz conducting the Ukrainian National Chorus in a performance of the Ukrainian national anthem in 1917.

Koshetz was born in the village of Romashky in Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Obukhiv Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine). He graduated from the Kiev Theological Academy in 1901, then studied in the Lysenko School of Music and Drama, 1908–1910. He taught choral music at Kiev's Imperial Conservatory of Music, conducted the Sadovsky Theatre Orchestra, served as conductor and choirmaster of the Kiev Opera.

He also collected Ukrainian folk songs from central Ukrainian areas (notably around Kiev itself) as well as from the modern Russian area of Kuban, where he specially set out to see whether musical traditions of the Dnieper Cossacks are still present in their descendants, the Kuban Cossacks, who resettled there following the dissolution of the Zaporozhian Sich. In the latter case, he too managed to collect a number of songs.

From 1911 the directorate of the Imperial Music School invited him to lead a choral singing class at the school and later at the conservatory. In 1912, Mykola Sadovsky invited Oleksandr Koshyts to be the conductor of his theater, where he staged operas by Mykola Lysenko, Denis Sichynsky, Pietro Mascagni, and others. The Tale of the Old Mill” by Spiridon Cherkasenko and others.

From 1916 to 1917 he was choirmaster and conductor of the Kyiv Opera.

Ukrainian Republic Capella and emigration

Koshetz with the Ukrainian National Chorus, c. 1922-1924

After World War I, Koshetz was the co-founder and conductor of the Ukrainian Republic Capella (later renamed Ukrainian National Chorus). The choir toured Europe and the Americas in 1919–1924 and 1926–27, in support of the international Ukrainian community.

In 1917 Koshetz married a former student and singer in his choirs Tetyana Koshetz (1892–1966) who was later to become a vocalist in the Ukrainian National Chorus, voice teacher, and after 1944 curator of the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in Winnipeg.

It was Koshetz who introduced the song "Shchedryk" by Mykola Leontovych, at a concert in Kyiv in 1919. Eventually the song became a Christmas classic under the name "Carol of the Bells".

He moved to New York City in 1922 where he collected liturgical music, arranged and popularized Ukrainian folk music. Koshetz also documented the choir's travels in the memoir With Song, Around the World (З піснею через світ).

In 1926, he settled in New York and worked in the United States and Canada to educate new conductors: he conducted music courses for conductors, etc. He composed church music (5 liturgies, some chants), and arranged folk songs. In New York, he continued to popularize Ukrainian music with his compositions, arrangements, and gramophone recordings, and the music publishing house Witmark & Son published massive editions of forty-two Ukrainian folk songs arranged by Oleksandr Koshyts in English.

Alexander Koshetz's crypt

From 1941 Koshetz spent the summer months teaching in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where he died in 1944 at age 69. His body is buried at Glen Eden Cemetery, West St. Paul, Manitoba.

Commemoration

The O. Koshetz Choir in Winnipeg is named in his memory.

A unique concert titled the Unknown Koshetz was produced at the University of Manitoba on 26 March 2006. The concert featured the Olexander Koshetz Choir of Winnipeg performing Koshetz "choral orchestrations" of music of Hawaii, Scotland, Afro-Americana, and First Nations, sung in both English and Ukrainian translations.

On his 130th birthday, a commemorative concert was held in Uspenskyi Cathedral of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra by the best graduates of the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy under patronage of President Yuschenko and under blessing of Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

The personal archives of Alexander and Tetyana Koshetz remain at the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Music

Although Koshetz was mostly known as a conductor, he also did his share of composing and arranging music. In the 1920s, after the creation of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Koshetz composed his liturgy, the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, as well as ten Ukrainian religious chants. Later in emigration, he composed much more religious music.

Notes

  1. Koshyts, Oleksandr article in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Last updated 2009.
  2. Олександр Антонович Кошиць Archived 15 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Article about Oleksandr Koshyts by Roman Koval (in Ukrainian)
  3. "Кошиць Олександр Антонович". 3 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  4. "Олександр Кошиць". Наша Парафія (сайт).
  5. КИЕВ. Украинская Православная Церковь почтила память выдающегося духовного композитора с мировым именем Александра Кошица at arhiv.orthodoxy.org.ua
  6. Олександр Кошиць Article on Koshyts by Mstyslav Yurchenko (in Ukrainian)

References

  • Koshetz, Oleksander (1952–1974) З піснею через світ: подорож української республиканської капелі (Z pisneiu cherez svit: podorozh ukrains’koi respublikans’koi kapeli), 3 volumes. Winnipeg, Культура і освіта (Kul’tura i osvita).
  • Кошиць О. Спогади. — Част. 1. — Вінніпег, 1947.
  • Кошиць О. Спогади. — Част. 2. — Вінніпег, 1948.

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