Mykola Leontovych

Mykola Leontovych composed Joshua's lesson piece Carol of the Bells.
== Information on the person ==
Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych was born on December 13, 1877 in Monastryok, Ukraine. His father played the cello, his mother sang, and all of his siblings were skilled in music. In 1892, he began studying at Podolia Theological Seminary where he conducted orchestra and choir and became skilled in many instruments.
After graduating in 1899, Leontovych began to teach music at different schools in Ukraine. In 1902, he married Claudia Feropontovna Zholtkevych, and in the following years studied music theory and choral performance at the St. Petersburg Court Capella. He moved to Tulchyn in 1908, where he taught vocal and instrumental music and composed melodies of Ukrainian folk songs.
In 1918, Leontovych moved to Kyiv, where he conducted and composed. He taught at the Kyiv Conservatory and commissioned the founding of the Ukrainian Republic Capella. After Kyiv was captured during the Russian Civil War in August 1919, he moved back to Tulchyn. On January 23, 1921, he was fatally shot by an undercover chekist and died the same day.
== Pieces ==
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* Carol of the Bells