 thumb|oleksander koshyts alexander koshetz (12 september 1875&nbsp;â 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 (). at one time, a performance of koshetzâs 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 immensely popular "carol of the bells". ==biography== === early life and career === koshetz was born in the village of romashky in kiev guberniya. he graduated from the kiev theological academy in 1901, then studied in the lysenko school of music and drama, 1908&ndash;1910. he taught choral music at kievâs imperial conservatory of music, conducted the sadovsky theatre orchestra, served as conductor and choirmaster of the kiev opera.koshyts, oleksandr article in the encyclopedia of ukraine. last updated 2009. 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.ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐÐ½ÑÐ¾Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÐ¾ÑÐ¸ÑÑ article about oleksandr koshyts by roman koval  === ukrainian republic capella and emigration === 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&ndash;1924 and 1926&ndash;27, in support of the international ukrainian community. in 1917 koshetz married a former student and singer in his choirs tetyana koshetz (1892&ndash;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. {{listen |filename = ÐÐ¹ ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð¸ÑÑ ÑÐ¾Ð½.ogg |title = "ÐÐ¹ ÑÐ¾Ð´Ð¸ÑÑ ÑÐ¾Ð½" |description = performed by academic choir of vinnica |play = [no] |ty
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