Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka (Ukrainian: Григорій Гурійович Верьовка, 25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895[2] – 21 October 1964) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and choir director.[3]
Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka | |
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 Veryovka on a 2015 Ukrainian stamp | |
| Born | 25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895 |
| Died | October 21, 1964 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Baikove Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Lysenko Music and Drama School |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, choir director |
| Known for | Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir |
| Spouse | Eleonora Pavlivna Skrypchynska[1] |
He is best known for founding the renowned Veryovka Choir in 1943, and leading it for many years, gaining international recognition and winning multiple awards.[4] Veryovka was also a professor of conducting at the Kyiv Conservatory, where he worked alongside faculty including Boleslav Yavorsky, Alexander Koshetz, Mykola Leontovych, and Mykhailo Verykivsky.[5]
Career
editVeryovka was born in an old Cossack town of Berezna (today urban-type settlement).[2] In 1916 he graduated from the Chernihiv Theological Seminary.[6] In 1918–21 Veryovka studied at the Lysenko music school (a predecessor of the Kyiv Conservatory) studying a musical composition by Boleslav Yavorsky,[7] conducting by Aleksander Orlov. In 1933 he received an external degree from the institute.[8]
From 1923 to 1927 Veryovka continued to work at the Lysenko Institute and later from 1931 to his death at the Kyiv Conservatory.[9] During World War II in 1941–45 he was a scientist of the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology.
In 1943 in Kharkiv, Veryovka organized his well known choir and until his death was its art director and a main conductor.[4] In 1948–52 he headed the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.[10][11]
Upon his death in 1964 he was buried in Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv, and in 1967 a monument was erected at the site of his burial in his honor.[12]
Awards and honors
edit- He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948.[2]
- He was awarded the People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1960.[13]
- He was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize in 1968.[13]
- There are streets named after him in Kyiv[14] and Bucha.[15]
References
edit- ^ Radi͡ansʹka literatura (in Ukrainian). Vid-vo radi͡ans'kiĭ pis'mennik. 1976. p. 183. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Гамкало, І. Д. Верьовка Григорій Гурійович (in Ukrainian). Vol. 4. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Biography Archived 1 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- ^ a b Veryovka Choir Archived 23 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine The home page of the Veryovka Choir (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Кафедра хорового диригування (Department of choral conducting) Official website of the Kyiv Conservatory (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Журавльова, Т. П. (2009). Чернігівці--лауреати державних премій (in Ukrainian). Вид-во Чернігівського ЦНТЕІ. p. 61. ISBN 978-966-1605-10-6. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "ВЕРЬОВКА ГРИГОРІЙ ГУРІЙОВИЧ". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Бенч-Шокало, Ольга (2002). Український хоровий спів: актуалізація звичаєвої традиції (in Ukrainian). Redakt͡sii͡a z͡hurnalu "Ukraïnsʹkyĭ Svit". p. 201. ISBN 978-966-7586-05-8. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Verovka, Hryhorii". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Київ (in Ukrainian). Alʹternatyvy. 2001. p. 405. ISBN 978-966-7217-57-0. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "National Union of Composers of Ukraine". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Khto i︠e︡ khto na Chernihivshchyni: vydatni zemli︠a︡ky (in Ukrainian). Ukraïnsʹka akademii︠a︡ heralʹdyky, tovarnoho znaku ta lohotypu. 2004. p. 44. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b Народжені Україною: меморіальній альманах у двох томах (in Ukrainian). ЄВРОІМІДЖ. 2002. p. 324. ISBN 978-966-7867-26-3. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "На Троєщині з'являться вулиці Гришка, Сухомлинського і Вірьовки". Історична правда. 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Перелік назв вулиць та провулків міста Буча (діючих, новостворенних, перейменованних) » Бучанський міський сайт". Бучанський міський сайт (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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