call the melody carol of the bells, and in shchedrik to ukraine 100 years ago, the choir of oleksandr koshytsed on the north american continent the melody of the ukrainian shchedrik until the important date. the employees of the leontovich institute found and brought to ukraine the first recording of the shchedrik performed by the koshytsy choir in new york. it was recorded in new york in september 1922. well, in general, we we can say that this is the first gramophone record of shchedryk that was made in america, this recording was actually made a week before the premiere of shchedryk's song on the stage of punniki holm, the record itself is unique there are 8 such copies in the world, the founder of the leontovych institute, tina peresunko, found a rarity on a website where benefactors exchange things, a woman bought the copy for ukrainian culture. you have to be very careful with them, they break easily and can crash. shchedryk was then also a diplomatic instrument, the singers whom simon petliura sent abroad were supposed to demonstrate to the world the difference between ukrainians and r

in america call the melody carroll of the bells, and in ukraine shchedryk. 100 years ago, the oleksandr koshyts choir presented the melody of the ukrainian shchedrivka on the north american continent. before the important date, the employees of the leontovich institute found and brought to ukraine the first recording of the shchedryk performed by the koshytsia choir. in new york was recorded in new york in september 1922, well, in general, we can say that this is the first gramophone recording of the philanthropist that was made in america, this recording was actually made in a week before the premiere of shchedryk's song on the punisher hall stage, the record itself is unique among all such copies in the world 8 the founder of the leontovich institute, tina peresunko, found a rarity on a website where benefactors exchange things, a woman bought the price for ukrainian culture, a copy well, we played it on modern equipment which supports the playback of such old slag flakes, er, records, because it is not vinyl, you have to be very careful with them, they break easily and can crash. shchedryk w

i will remind you that in 2922 the vidun choir under the leadership of oleksandr koshyts visited americaarticular carnegie hall, they performed a lot of ukrainian works and in particular shchedryk, which later became one of the most famous songs in the world and the most famous american carol probably the most famous american carol, in principle, many americans believe that it is an american song , but we understand that it is not. that lordship is not your song. this is our song. i will remind you once again that this is the choir of an orchestra under the leadership of košice. he traveled not only to the united states, but also to europe. all these tours began in 1919. the idea of ​​such tours arose in head of simon petliura, who i believed that ukraine needs to promote some of its own narrative meanings through culture, it was an absolutely cool idea, the freshness of which is preserved to this day, we still talk about the importance of cultural diplomacy, about the influence of culture, and in particular, culture as propaganda, which used by russia, and then semen petliura said that

leontovych, and unfortunately , without gaining support from the western world, the choir of oleksandr koshytso america, and on october 5, the day before yesterday, we celebrated exactly 100 years how shchedryk was first heard on the american continent er and actually, that's exactly how shchedryk got to america with such a very important diplomatic mission because in america they had to get to america much faster, that is, they had to get to europe literally in a few weeks they went to paris for nine months and then had to go to america because america had an official diplomatic mission in washington of the unr which was not recognized at the official level, that is, they would like to come with a choir and with musical diplomacy in order to sway the american government and the public world in favor of ukraine in this way, but they did not receive visas for a long time, and then they got there only two years later, you know, there were probably thousands of options led by debells, and now they finally know that this is a ukrainian carol on a russian sign because what am i leading this to many