Hryhoriy Veryovka

Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka
Veryovka on a 2015 Ukrainian stamp
Born	25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895 Berezna, Chernigovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	October 21, 1964(1964-10-21) (aged 68) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Resting place	Baikove Cemetery
Alma mater	Lysenko Music and Drama School
Occupation(s)	Composer, choir director
Known for	Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir
Spouse	Eleonora Pavlivna Skrypchynska^[1]

Hryhoriy Huriyovych Veryovka (Ukrainian: Григорій Гурійович Верьовка, 25 December [O.S. 13 December] 1895^[2] – 21 October 1964) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer and choir director.^[3]

He is best known for founding the renowned Veryovka Choir in 1943, and leading it for many years, gaining international recognition and winning multiple awards.^[4] Veryovka was also a professor of conducting at the Kyiv Conservatory, where he worked alongside faculty including Boleslav Yavorsky, Alexander Koshetz, Mykola Leontovych, and Mykhailo Verykivsky.^[5]

Career

Veryovka was born in an old Cossack town of Berezna (today urban-type settlement).^[2] In 1916 he graduated from the Chernihiv Theological Seminary.^[6] In 1918–21 Veryovka studied at the Lysenko music school (a predecessor of the Kyiv Conservatory) studying a musical composition by Boleslav Yavorsky,^[7] conducting by Aleksander Orlov. In 1933 he received an external degree from the institute.^[8]

From 1923 to 1927 Veryovka continued to work at the Lysenko Institute and later from 1931 to his death at the Kyiv Conservatory.^[9] During World War II in 1941–45 he was a scientist of the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology.

In 1943 in Kharkiv, Veryovka organized his well known choir and until his death was its art director and a main conductor.^[4] In 1948–52 he headed the National Union of Composers of Ukraine.^[10]^[11]

Upon his death in 1964 he was buried in Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv, and in 1967 a monument was erected at the site of his burial in his honor.^[12]

Awards and honors

He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948.^[2]
He was awarded the People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1960.^[13]
He was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize in 1968.^[13]
There are streets named after him in Kyiv^[14] and Bucha.^[15]

References

^ Radi͡ansʹka literatura (in Ukrainian). Vid-vo radi͡ans'kiĭ pis'mennik. 1976. p. 183. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Гамкало, І. Д. Верьовка Григорій Гурійович (in Ukrainian). Vol. 4. Інститут енциклопедичних досліджень НАН України. ISBN 978-966-02-2074-4. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ Biography Archived 1 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
^ ^a ^b Veryovka Choir The home page of the Veryovka Choir (in Ukrainian)
^ Кафедра хорового диригування (Department of choral conducting) Official website of the Kyiv Conservatory (in Ukrainian)
^ Журавльова, Т. П. (2009). Чернігівці--лауреати державних премій (in Ukrainian). Вид-во Чернігівського ЦНТЕІ. p. 61. ISBN 978-966-1605-10-6. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "ВЕРЬОВКА ГРИГОРІЙ ГУРІЙОВИЧ". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ Бенч-Шокало, Ольга (2002). Український хоровий спів: актуалізація звичаєвої традиції (in Ukrainian). Redakt͡sii͡a z͡hurnalu "Ukraïnsʹkyĭ Svit". p. 201. ISBN 978-966-7586-05-8. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "Verovka, Hryhorii". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ Київ (in Ukrainian). Alʹternatyvy. 2001. p. 405. ISBN 978-966-7217-57-0. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "National Union of Composers of Ukraine". www.encyclopediaofukraine.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ Khto i︠e︡ khto na Chernihivshchyni: vydatni zemli︠a︡ky (in Ukrainian). Ukraïnsʹka akademii︠a︡ heralʹdyky, tovarnoho znaku ta lohotypu. 2004. p. 44. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b Народжені Україною: меморіальній альманах у двох томах (in Ukrainian). ЄВРОІМІДЖ. 2002. p. 324. ISBN 978-966-7867-26-3. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "На Троєщині з'являться вулиці Гришка, Сухомлинського і Вірьовки". Історична правда. 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "Перелік назв вулиць та провулків міста Буча (діючих, новостворенних, перейменованних) » Бучанський міський сайт". Бучанський міський сайт (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 23 March 2024.