L&L YOUTH CHOIR SINGING - CAROL OF THE BELL (RUSSIAN)

L&L YOUTH CHOIR SINGING - CAROL OF THE BELL (RUSSIAN)

[YuriOriy]

"The Carol of The Bells" was premiered on December 1916 by a choral group made up of students at Kiev University. It was introduced to Western audiences by the Ukrainian National Chorus during its concert tour of Europe and the Americas, where it premiered in the United States on October 5, 1921 at Carnegie Hall. English version Nativity-based lyrics, written by Minna Louise Hohman in 1947, is also widely performed. Still to this day it is sung world wide near New Year's Eve and Christmas.

[YuriOriy]

"Carol of the Bells" (also known as the "Ukrainian Bell Carol") is a choral miniature work originally composed by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych. Leontovych used a four note motif as an ostinato which was taken from an ancient pagan Ukrainian New Year's chant known in Ukrainian as "Shchedryk" [the Generous One]. The composer created the piece as an assignment in the application for the use of an ostinato for a harmony course he was studying by correspondence.

[yomo]

i came here for the girls! lol jk i just wanted to hear the original song which has been modified too much lolz!

[Vladchik]

@Deskonet shut up k? im russian! that is just rude!

[YuriOriy]

January 22-23, 1921, Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych was murdered by Chekist (Soviet state security) agent Victor Grishchenko. Wikipedia