Mykola Leontovych was a renowned Ukrainian composer best known for his choral works. His most famous composition, “Carol of the Bells,” became a global Christmas classic. Leontovych’s music combines ...

Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian culture ...

The well-known Christmas carol, “Carol of the Bells,” has quite a remarkable history. It’s difficult to believe that a Christmas carol with such a joyous tone originated more than a century ago in ...

Although "Carol of the Bells" has become a popular tune during the holidays, the original lyrics had nothing to do with Christmas. The song with a haunting four-note melody was originally a Ukranian ...

"Carol of the Bells" is one of the most recognizable Christmas songs on Earth, and we have Ukraine to thank for giving "Christmas magic to the world." According to the Ukraine government website, ...

Exactly 100 years ago, the Ukrainian National Chorus first performed the piece in the United States at New York’s Carnegie Hall as part of a cultural diplomacy mission. It was part of an effort to ...

Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...

But it’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries - the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war. “It’s ...