Borys Kudryk [Борис Кудрик], (b. 1897 in Rohatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Ukraine; d. 1952 in Potma, Dubravlag Penal Colony, Mordovia, Russian Federation). Composer, educator, and pioneer researcher in the field of Ukrainian church music. The son of a priest, Kudryk developed a deep love for sacred music. His interest led him to study composition at the Vienna Academy of Music (1915-1918). In the field of musicology, he is best known for his influential 1937 monograph entitled “A Survey of Ukrainian Church Music.” As a teacher, he attracted many students, including Andrij Hnatyshyn. In 1945, while still in Vienna, he was arrested by the Communist authorities and sentenced to ten years in a Russian gulag in Siberia, where he died on March 28, 1952.
Timeline:
1897: Born in Rohatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
1915-1918: Student at the Vienna Academy of Music.
1945: Arrested and sentenced to ten years in Siberia.
1952: Died in the gulag in Siberia.
Scores
Хвaліть діти Господa (Praise the Lord, you his servants).
Composer: B. Kudryk
Date created: 1933.
Place: Lviv, Ukraine.
Description: Psalm 112/113. Motet for male chorus published to mark the 150th anniversary of the the founding of the Greek Catholic Theological Academy in Lviv (1789).
