Vasyl Barvinsky
Vasyl Oleksandrovych Barvinsky (20 February 1888 – 9 June 1963) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and music related social figure. Barvinsky was one of the first Ukrainian composers to gain worldwide recognition. His pieces were published not only in the Soviet Union, but also in Vienna, Leipzig, New York (Universal Edition), and Japan.
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Vasyl Barvinsky

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- Name
- Vasyl Barvinsky
- Born
- 20 February 1888
- Birthplace
- Tarnopol, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 9 June 1963
- Place of death
- Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
- Occupation
- * Pianist, Composer,
- Education
- Lemberg Conservatory
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary, West Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian People's Republic.
- Teachers
- Karol Mikuli and Vítězslav Novák.
- Languages
- Ukrainian.
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Vasyl Oleksandrovych Barvinsky (20 February 1888 – 9 June 1963) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and music related social figure. Barvinsky was one of the first Ukrainian composers to gain worldwide recognition. His pieces were published not only in the Soviet Union, but also in Vienna, Leipzig, New York (Universal Edition), and Japan.
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Biography
Biography
Barvinsky directed a post-secondary musical institution in the city of Lviv (1915-1948) the Lysenko Higher Institute of Music, and was considered to be the head of musical life at the time. Currently there is a College of Music named after Barvinsky in Drohobych, Ukraine.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vasyl Barvinsky • Born — 20 February 1888 • Birthplace — Tarnopol, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary • Died — 9 June 1963 • Place of death — Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR • Occupation — * Pianist, Composer, • Director of the Lysenko Institute in Lviv, • Teacher • Years Active — 1910s–1960s • Education — Lemberg Conservatory • Illustration — Composer Joseph Beer ca. 1926 with Vasyl Barvinsky (right)
Life
Life
Vasyl Barvinsky was born in Ternopil, on 20 February 1888. Barvinsky descended from an older aristocratic family. Barvinsky's father, Oleksander Barvinsky, was a Ukrainian pedagogue, politician, and public figure. In 1917 he was appointed a member of the Austrian upper chamber. Vasyl's mother, singer and pianist, Yevheniya Barvinska, became his first music teacher. Barvinsky married Natalia Puluj, the daughter of scientist of radiology Ivan Puluj. In 1939 he founded Lviv Secondary Specialized Music Boarding School named after Solomiya Krushelnytska. In January 1948 Barvinsky and his wife were arrested by the NKVD. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Soviet authorities. He was exiled to a GULAG in Mordovia, at which time most of his printed and handwritten works were burned under mysterious circumstances in Lviv. After his release in 1958, he attempted to reconstruct works that had been destroyed, but he died on 9 June 1963, before completing this work. Many of the lost works were not rediscovered until after his death. Many works were lost forever. Barvinsky was posthumously rehabilitated in 1964. He was buried in Lviv in the family tomb in Lychakiv Cemetery, field number three.
Education
Education
Barvinsky gained professional music education in Lviv conservatory. Barvinsky continued his music education in Prague. Among his teachers were Vilém Kurz (piano), and Vítězslav Novák (composition). When he began to teach, one of his first students was Stefania Turkewich.
Works
Works
Barvinsky wrote about 30 works. Barvinsky's compositions are said to be impressive by their “… matureness’, thoughtfulness and delicacy”. Barvinsky composed in various genres except ballet and opera. His style, late romantic with impressionistic features, was also strongly influenced by Ukrainian folklore. Although many of Barvinsky's works were lost, most of his creative inheritance remained and is performed worldwide.
Orchestra
Orchestra
• "Ukrainian Rhapsody" (Ukrayinska Rapsodiya – Українська рапсодія) (1911)
Piano
Piano
• Piano cycle "Love" (Liubov – Любов) • Piano Sonata in D-flat major • Piano Trio in A minor • Piano Preludes • Piano Concerto in F minor • Five miniatures on Ukrainian folk themes • Cycle for piano "Koliadky i Shchedrivky" (Колядки і щедрівки) • Piano collection for children: "Our Sun is Playing Piano" (Nashe Sonechko Hraye na Fortepiano - Наше сонечко грає на фортепіано) • "Ukrainian Suite" (Ukrayinska syuyita – Українська сюїта) • "Lemkiv's Suite" (Lemkivshchyna) (Lemkivska syuyita – Лемківська сюїта) • "Lemkiv's Dances" (Lemkivski tantsi – Лемківські танці) • Six Solo Arrangements of Folk Songs, composed in 1912 • Yanhil-yahilochka (Ягіл-ягілочка) • Oi, khodyla divchyna berizhkom (Ой, ходила дівчина беріжком) • Chy ty virno mene liubysh (Чи ти вірно мене любиш) • Vyishly v pole kosari (Вийшли в поле косарі) • Oi, ziydy, ziydy, yasen misiatsiu (Ой, зійди, зійди, ясен місяцю) • Lullaby Oi Khodyt Son (Ой ходиь сон)
Choir miniature
Choir miniature
• "The Sun is Already Down" (Uzhe sonechko zakotylosia – Уже Сонечко Закотилося)
Children choir
Children choir
• "On the Christmas Tree" (Na yalynku – На ялинку) • "Summer" (Lito – Літо) • "The song of pupils" (Pisnia Shkoliariv – Пісня школярів)
Folk-song arrangements
Folk-song arrangements
• "There on the Hill are Two Oaklets" (Tam na hori dva dubky – Там на горі два дубки) • "Two Lemkiv's folk songs" (Dvi lemkivski narodni pisni – Дві Лемківські народні пісні)
Chamber music
Chamber music
• Sonata for Cello and Piano • Nocturne for Cello (1910) • Variations on folk-song theme for Cello (1918) (Variatsiyi na temu narodnoyi pisni "Oi, pyla, pyla ta Lymerykha na medu" – Варіації на тему народної пісні "Ой, пила, пила та Лимериха на меду") • "Dumka" for Viola (1920) (Думка) • Sonata and Suite for Viola and Piano • Suite for Viola (1927) • Sextet for piano and five string instruments • String Quartet "Molodijniy" (published in 1941) • String Quartet in B-flat major • For Violin: "Humoreska", "Sumna Pisnia", "Kozachok", "Metelytsia", "Pisnia bez sliv" also known as "Harodna Melodiya"
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Vasyl' Oleksandrovych Barvyns'ky and Vasyl Oleksandrovych Barvinsky. His recorded language was Ukrainian. He was the child of Oleksander Barvinsky and Yevheniya Barvinska.
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Vasyl Barvinsky died at Lviv.
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Vasyl Barvinsky studied at Lviv Conservatory. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Sciences in History of art. He trained under Karol Mikuli and Vítězslav Novák.
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