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Carol of the Bells (Щедрик), one of the most famous Christmas songs in the world. The song was composed by Mykola Leontovych in 1904 based on a Ukrainian Shchedryk folk chant. M. Leontovych was a Ukrainian composer, choral conductor, priest, and teacher of international renown. Outside of popularity in Ukraine, his talents and skills earned him the nickname of Ukrainian Bach in Europe. Mykola was a patriot of Ukraine and promoted Ukraine as an independent state, which led to his assassination by a Soviet agent in 1921. https://youtube/watch?v=e9GtPX6c_kg
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:53:07 +0000

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