Leontiy Krushelnytsky [Леонтій Крyшелницький], (b. October 27, 1905, in Stara Yahilnytsia, Ternopil, Ukraine; d. October 22, 1982, in New York). He was educated in Ivano-Frankivsk and in Lviv and became a lawyer. In the 1930s, he joined the choir directed by Dmytro Kotko. 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 the “Union of Ukrainian Choirs of America” (СУХА), a national organization to promote Ukrainian choral art in this country.
Timeline
1930s: Singer in the choir of D. Kotko.
1944: Fled to Salzburg, Austria. Founded «Муза» male chorus.
1949: Came to America.
1950s: Director at St. George’s UCC (New York, NY).
1959: Co-founder of CYXA.
Scores
Церковні пісні (Church songs).
Arranger: S. Liudkevych.
Creator: L. Krushelnytsky.
Date created: n.d. (probably 1944-49).
Place: none (probably Salzburg, Austria).
Description: Transcriptions of liturgical songs from Liudkevych’s 1922 collection.
Отче нaш (The Lord’s Prayer).
Composer: M. Verbytsky.
Creator: L. Krushelnytsky.
Date created: July 28, 1962.
Place: New York, NY.
Description: Liturgical prayer.
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.