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Mykola Lysenko
Mykola Lysenko in 1869 in Leipzig.
Mykola Lysenko in 1869 in Leipzig.
Background information
Birth name Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko
Born October 22, 1842
Poltava Oblast, (now Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire)
Died November 6, 1912
Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire
Occupation(s) Composer
Pianist
Conductor
Instrument(s) piano

Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (Ukrainian: Микола Віталійович Лисенко, October 22 [O.S. October 3] 1842 – November 6 [O.S. October 24] 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and folksong collector. He is referred to as the founder of national Ukrainian classical music.[1]

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[edit] Early life

Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko was born on October 3, 1842 (Julian calendar) or October 22 (Gregorian calendar) in the Poltava oblast, then part of the Russian Empire, but in present day Ukraine. His family was very wealthy, with his father Vitaliy Lysenko, a colonel. Mykola's mother Olga, who spoke French almost fluently, made sure that he would only know French in his childhood and later he learned Ukrainian. Olga Lysenko also played the piano, and the parents noticed that Mykola would try to pick out melodies for hours on their grand piano, so they hired a piano teacher for him since he was five years old. Lysenko accelerated really fast in music. By nine years old (when he was in first grade) he wrote a polka that was published in Kiev.

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[edit] Kharkiv

In 1855, Mykola Lysenko started attending the Second Kharkiv Gymnasium. During that time, he took piano lessons on the side. After a while, he became a well-known pianist in Kharkiv and was invited to play at various parties and balls where he played dances, pieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, and improvised on themes of Ukrainian folk songs. In the spring of 1859, Mykola graduated from the Gymnasium with a silver medal and later that year, he, together with his cousin Mykhailo Starytsky, joined the Natural Science faculty of the Kharkiv university.

[edit] Kiev

In 1960, Mykola's parents moved to Kiev, and the cousins switched to the Kiev University. Here Mykola's nationalism toward Ukraine's language and culture starting growing, according to his cousin Mykhailo Starytsky. He was even a pallbearer at Taras Shevchenko's funeral in 1861. While at the Universtiy, Lysenko started studying music of composers such as Glinka, Schumann, and Wagner. During vacations and holidays at the Universtiy, he started collecting and recording Ukrainian folk songs onto sheetmusic . On June 1, 1864, Mykola Lysenko finished the Physics-Mathematics Faculty of the Kiev University and in the May of 1845, he graduated with a degree of a Candidate of Natural Sciences. He then organized a few student choirs which he directed and performed with publicly.

[edit] Leipzig

Not long after graduating from the Kiev University, Mykola Lysenko decided to get a degree in music. With his family, he picked the Leipzig Conservatory, which they considered one of the best in Europe. In September 1867, he entered into the University. During his studies in the Conservatory, Lysenko continued to work on Ukrainian folk songs. In 1868, he published his first collection of Ukrainian folk songs, with 40 songs for piano and voice. Mykola also joined and activist group in Ukraine at this time, and published a cycle of songs, with words from Taras Shevchenko's "Kobzar". In 1869, Mykola Lysenko finished the Conservatory successfully after having played Beethoven's fourth piano concerto.

[edit] Marriage and children

In the summer of 1868, Mykola Lysenko married Olga O'Konnor whom he brought back to Leipzig with him to continue his studies.

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One of many Lysenko's songs, this one called: Koly Rozluchayutsya Dvoye (When two people separate).
One of many Lysenko's songs, this one called: Koly Rozluchayutsya Dvoye (When two people separate).

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[edit] Death and afterward

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  1. ^ from Mykola Lysenko - International Mykola Lysenko Foundation
  2. ^ Last, first (date). Name of page. Page xx. Publisher: xxxx

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[edit] References

  • The World of Mykola Lysenko: Ethnic Identity, Music, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Ukraine. Taras Filenko, Tamara Bulat. Ukraine Millennium Foundation (Canada). 2001. Hardcover. 434 pages. ISBN 966-530-045-8.

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Statue of Mykola Lysenko in Kiev.
Statue of Mykola Lysenko in Kiev.

Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (Ukrainian: Микола Віталійович Лисенко, October 22 [O.S. October 3] 1842 – November 6 [O.S. October 24] 1912) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and folksong collector.

He was born in Poltava Oblast. Since childhood he was very much impressed by the folksongs of Ukrainian peasants and the poetry of Taras Shevchenko. When Shevchenko died in 1861, Lysenko was a pallbearer. During his time at Kiev University, Lysenko dedicated himself to collecting and arranging Ukrainian folksongs, published in seven volumes. One of his principal sources was the minstrel Ostap Veresai (after whom Lysenko named his son later on).

Lysenko took orchestration lessons from Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov in the mid 1870s and took part in the activities of the Russian Musical Society, but his strong Ukrainian nationalism and disdain for Russian czarism kept him from achieving much success with that organization. He supported the 1905 revolution and was in jail briefly in 1907. In 1908, he was the head of the Ukrainian Club, an association of Ukrainian national public figures.

For his opera librettos Lysenko insisted on using Ukrainian language librettos. Tchaikovsky was impressed by Lysenko's Taras Bulba and wanted to perform the work in Moscow, but Lysenko's insistence on it being performed in Ukrainian, not Russian, prevented the performance from taking place.

In his later years, Lysenko easily raised funds to open the Ukrainian School of Music, and his death was mourned by all Ukrainians.

His music is little known outside Ukraine, and his piano works, considered derivative of Chopin, are not of as much interest to musicologists as his vocal music. Lysenko's daughter Maryana followed his footsteps as a pianist, while his son Ostap taught music in Kiev.

[edit] References

  • The World of Mykola Lysenko: Ethnic Identity, Music, and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Ukraine. Taras Filenko, Tamara Bulat. Ukraine Millennium Foundation (Canada). 2001. Hardcover. 434 pages. ISBN 966-530-045-8.

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