Leontiy Krushelnytsky [Леонтій Крyшелницький], (b. October 27, 1905, in Stara Yahilnytsia, Ternopil, Ukraine; d. October 22, 1982, in New York). Krushelnytsky was born in 1905 in the village of Stara Yahilnytsia, Ternopil oblast. He was educated in Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv and ultimately became a lawyer. In the 1930s, he joined the choir directed by Dmytro Kotko. Soon afterwards, he established his own choirs in Ukraine and Austria. Upon arriving in America in 1949, he settled in New York City and founded the Dumka Chorus. He was also the choir director of the “Metropolitan Andrew Sheptytsky Choir” at St. George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. In 1959, he worked together with A. Osadsa and A. Rudnytsky to form a national organization called the “Union of Ukrainian Choirs of America” (СУХА). Its purpose was to promote Ukrainian choral art in this country.
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Scores
Хвaліте (Praise the Lord in the Heavens).
Composer: D. Bortniansky.
Creator: L. Krushelnytsky.
Date created: Jan. 31, 1963.
Place: New York, NY.
Description: Communion verse.
Composer: M. Verbytsky.
Creator: L. Krushelnytsky.
Date created: July 28, 1962.
Place: New York, NY.
Description: Liturgical prayer.
Боже Великий (Prayer for Ukraine).
Composer: A. Vakhnianyn.
Creator: L. Krushelnytsky.
Date created: Feb. 20, 1963.
Place: New York, NY.
Description: Sacred song.
