Prague Bandurist Capella

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The Prague Bandurist Capella

Prague Bandurist Capella 1924
Prague Bandurist Capella 1924

After the occupation of Ukraine by the Bolsheviks, many Ukrainians moved to the West. In Prague they established a cultural and intellectual centre.

Vasyl Yemetz also moved to the West, initially to Berlin and later to Prague. In Prague he established a number of bandura schools in Prague and Podebrady in 1923-25 .

Over 100 banduras were made in Podebrady by Romanenko and Dovzhenko. The school had over 50 students.

In time the from the better students a second Bandurist Capella was established in 1924. Among the members were Mykhailo Teliha and future Ukrainian President in exile - Mykola Levytsky. The capella was made up of 15 -16 bandurists and gave numerous concerts in Prague and its environs.

Prague Bandurist School 1923
Prague Bandurist School 1923

Reviews of the Capella's performances were published in Music magazines in Ukraine, often quite negative regarding it repertoire. In general they though that the repertoire was too folky and village orientated. Still, these reviews did stimulate the formation and government support of the Bandurist Capella movement in Ukraine.

[edit] Repertoire

The magazine "Muzyka" #2, 1925 gave a review of the first concert of the Prague Bandurist Capella which took place 13 September, 1924 and wrote up the program.

   I 
   Kobza and the kobzars - speech by V. Yemetz 
     
   II 
   1. Nema v sviti pravdy - kant - Capella 
   2. Kynu kuzhil' na polyciu - Capella 
   3. Plyve sonce nad Orelliu - I. Khvorostenko 
   4. Zasvystaly kozachen'ky - M. Zhyrkov 
   5. Zalizniak - M. Teliha 
     
   III 
   1, Oj na hori vohonq horyt' - R. Zavors'kyj 
   2. Oj Moroze, Morozen'ku - Capella 
   3. Oj shchoh to za shum uchynyvsia - Capella 
   4. Hopak - Capella 
   5. Oj, za hayem, hayem - Capella 
     
   All the orchestrations were done by V. Yemetz


In 1926 a book of 12 pieces for the bandura was published in Prague.

[edit] Participants

Members of the Capella and students of th school included: (So far 38)

  1. Biletskyj, A.
  2. Buhayiv, Petro (Burhaj, Mykola) -
  3. Burtakova, Nina -
  4. Dovzhenko, Hryhoryj - bandura maker that Yemetz knew from Moscow.
  5. Dutka, Oleksander (and daughter) - moved to Chernivtsi were he continued to make banduras.
  6. Harmiga, Vasyl' - (Farmiga?)
  7. Hasiuk, Maria -
  8. Havryliuk, Il'ko -
  9. Hudzij, Mykola -
  10. Kaplynskyj, Rostyslav -
  11. Khvorostenko, I. -
  12. Khomenko, H. -
  13. Klevchutskyj, Yukhym - originally from Central Ukraine, later moved to Ternopil where he taught Z. Shtokalko.
  14. Konoushynsky, Pan'ko -
  15. Koshchyk, Stepan -
  16. Koshchyk, Petro -
  17. Koshchyk, Yevhen -
  18. Kulish, -
  19. Kyst', Andriy - later moved to the USA, performed with Avramenko.
  20. Levytsky, Mykola - Later moved to France.
  21. Liashenko, -
  22. Lisevych - Originally from Central Ukraine. Moved to Lviv and taught bandura there.
  23. Lokshynsky, Ivan -
  24. Mohyla, K - a student of medicine, later director of the Prague capella after Yemetz
  25. Nepokypnyj,Petro - Bandura maker. Ltaer lived in Bratislava.
  26. Oblomskyj, Vasyl' -
  27. Omelchenko, M - taught bandura in Prague. Studied piano in Vienna.
  28. Romanenko, I - bandura maker in Podiebradakh
  29. Pazanivskyj, Rostyslav - moved to Canada - St Catherines.
  30. Shostak, Maria - originally from Kuban. Later moved to Lviv and taught bandura there.
  31. Shmorhun, Volodymyr -
  32. Shul', Volodymyr -
  33. Stetsiurenko, K. -
  34. Stopkevych, Dmytro -
  35. Syvokin', A. -
  36. Tarulia, Serhiy -
  37. Zavorytskyj, Panas (Zavorskyj R. - soloist of the capella
  38. Zhyrkov, M. - soloist of the capella
  39. Zmiyenko, Vsevolod -


[edit] Sources

Yemetz, V. - U zolote 50-richchia na sluzhbi Ukrainy - Toronto, 1961 - p. 75, 79

"Muzyka" #2, 1925

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