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Shchedryk & Carol of the Bells

Shchedryk & Carol of the Bells. Mykola Leontovych & George Winston By Annika Durinck. Ukraine. 45,888,000 people Ukrainians (77%) Russians (17%) Other (6%) 603,628 km 2 Surrounded by Poland, Romania, Russia, Belarus and the Black Sea. Was an independent republic until 1917

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Shchedryk & Carol of the Bells

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  1. Shchedryk & Carol of the Bells MykolaLeontovych & George Winston By AnnikaDurinck

  2. Ukraine • 45,888,000 people • Ukrainians (77%) • Russians (17%) • Other (6%) • 603,628 km2 • Surrounded by Poland, Romania, Russia, Belarus and the Black Sea

  3. Was an independent republic until 1917 • USSR took them over • Independence war in 1941 • Independence from Soviet Union 1991 • Eastern Ukrainian Orthodox, Catholicism and Judaism

  4. Music of Ukraine • Mix between European and Asian • Minor modes/keys • Augmented 2nd intervals • Complex time signatures • Harmonically complex • Restricted during Soviet Rule • PidmanulaPidvelahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgwo2MDAbo

  5. Instruments • Lira • Basolia • Hudok • Bandura/Kobza

  6. Instruments • Domra • Tsymbaly • Classical Guitar • Skrypka

  7. Instruments • Sopilka • Kuvytsi • Trembita • Torban

  8. Instruments • Kobza/Bandura/Torbanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGAzGfDiBQM&feature=relmfu • Sopilka/Tsymbalyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNxeyCzwiI • Trembitahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPd3x_Hgb40(1:35)

  9. Shchedryk • New years carol • Arranged by MykolaLeontovych • Acapella • Based on a traditional folk chant

  10. Shchedryk • Starts of with two voices, soprano and alto, (soprano carries melody, alto carries harmonies) on the minor 3rd • Voices come together in a crescendo • Decrescendo in a descending motion • Ascend with a crescendo twice • Repeat this pattern • End on the tonic, in piano

  11. George Winston • Born in Montana, U.S.A. • Genre influences: • Rock • Instrumental R&B • Traditional influences: • Appalachian • Chinese • Hawaiian

  12. George Winston • Plays piano, organ, and guitar • Self made genre of folk piano • Multiple piano solo albums • Still preforms today

  13. Carol of the Bells • Based on Schedryk • Ostinato pattern repeating throughout • Minor 3rd, and a 5th – full I chord • Ostinato pattern serves as harmony througout • Melody mirrors the chords an octave higher

  14. Carol of the Bells • ABCA • Incorporates shchedryk’s basic structure • B and C sections have same ostinato patterns for harmony • Melody varies into complex patterns

  15. Comparisons • Ostinato pattern throughout • Based on Ukrainian folk chant • In a minor key • Both generally sung/played during winter time

  16. Contrasts • Shchedryk is acapella • Carol of the bells is piano solo • George Winston incorporates the V into the ostinato making it into a full I chord • Shchedryk is ABA • Carol of the Bells is ABCA

  17. Bibliography • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgwo2MDAbo • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGAzGfDiBQM&feature=relmfu • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNxeyCzwiI • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPd3x_Hgb40

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