Rev. Joseph Kyshakevych [o. Йосип Кишакевич], (b. October 26, 1872, in Leżajsk, now Poland; d. April 18, 1953, in Lviv, Ukraine). Composer, choir director, and Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest. Having completed his musical education in 1888 in the city of Peremyshl, he was influenced by the important local composers, such as M. Verbitsky, V. Matiuk, and S. Vorobkevych. He worked with others in his area to establish “Boyan” singing societies in Peremyshl and Lviv. As a priest and musician, he had an innate sense of the kind of music best suited for the worship service. His music for the Divine Liturgy is commonly sung in many of the Greek Catholic Churches of western Ukraine. Rev. Kyshakevych passed away in 1953 and is buried in the historic Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.
Timeline
1888: Completed musical training in Peremyshl.
1896: Lviv Seminary.
Scores
Коляди (Carols).
Arranger: J. Kyshakevych.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1920s).
Place: Lviv, Ukraine (Andreychyn Lithograph).
Description: No. 1: Western Ukrainian carols (Mixed Choir).
Все упованіє моє (All my hope).
Composer: J. Kyshakevych.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1920s).
Place: Lviv, Ukraine (Andreychyn Lithograph).
Description: No. 4: Setting of a poem by Shevchenko (Mixed Choir).
Пісня слави, заспіваймо (Let us sing a song of glory).
Composer: J. Kyshakevych.
Words: Rev. A. Truch, OSBM.
Date created: 1923.
Place: Lviv, Ukraine.
Description: No. 6: Song to St. Josaphat.
Ӣорданські Пісні (Epiphany songs).
Arranger: J. Kyshakevych.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1920s).
Place: Lviv, Ukraine (Andreychyn Lithograph).
Description: No. 7: Songs for Epiphany (Male Chorus).
Вінчання (Wedding).
Arranger: J. Kyshakevych.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1920s).
Place: Lviv, Ukraine (Andreychyn Lithograph).
Description: No. 10: Wedding (Mixed Choir).
Служба Божа (Divine Liturgy).
Composer: Western Ukrainian chant.
Arranger: J. Kyshakevych.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1920s).
Place: Lviv, Ukraine (Andreychyn Lithograph).
Description: No. 12: Divine Liturgy (Female Chorus).
Церковні пісні (Church songs).
Arranger: J. Kyshakevych.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1920s).
Place: Lviv, Ukraine (Andreychyn Lithograph).
Description: No. 14: Church hymns (Female Chorus).
Євхаристійні пісні (Eucharistic songs).
Composer: J. Kyshakevych.
Arranger: J. Kyshakevych.
Date created: n.d. (ca. 1920s).
Place: Lviv, Ukraine (Andreychyn Lithograph).
Description: No. 15: Eucharist songs (Male Chorus and Mixed Choir).