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From 1911 the directorate of the Imperial Music School invited him to lead a choral singing class at the school and later at the conservatory. In 1912, Mykola Sadovsky invited Oleksandr Koshyts to be the conductor of his theater, where he staged operas by Mykola Lysenko, Denis Sichynsky, Pietro
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In 1926, he settled in New York and worked in the United States and Canada to educate new conductors: he conducted music courses for conductors, etc. He composed church music (5 liturgies, some chants), and arranged folk songs. In New York, he continued to popularize Ukrainian music with his
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on 26 March 2006. The concert featured the Olexander Koshetz Choir of Winnipeg performing Koshetz "choral orchestrations" of music of Hawaii, Scotland, Afro-Americana, and First Nations, sung in both English and Ukrainian translations.
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compositions, arrangements, and gramophone recordings, and the music publishing house Witmark & Son published massive editions of forty-two Ukrainian folk songs arranged by Oleksandr Koshyts in English.
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At one time, a performance of Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus held the world record for audience attendance, excluding sporting events. His performance also popularized
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Although Koshetz was mostly known as a conductor, he also did his share of composing and arranging music. In the 1920s, after the creation of the
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He moved to New York City in 1922 where he collected liturgical music, arranged and popularized Ukrainian
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from central Ukrainian areas (notably around Kiev itself) as well as from the modern Russian area of
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Mascagni, and others. The Tale of the Old Mill” by Spiridon Cherkasenko and others.
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On his 130th birthday, a commemorative concert was held in Uspenskyi Cathedral of
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Ukrainian conductor, composer, ethnographer, writer, and musicologist (1875–1944)
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O. Koshetz – information and his works performed by the best Ukrainian choirs
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From 1916 to 1917 he was choirmaster and conductor of the Kyiv Opera.
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The personal archives of Alexander and Tetyana Koshetz remain at the
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Z pisneiu cherez svit: podorozh ukrains’koi respublikans’koi kapeli
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In 1917 Koshetz married a former student and singer in his choirs
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School of Music and Drama, 1908–1910. He taught choral music at
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around the world. His name is sometimes transliterated as
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The O. Koshetz Choir in Winnipeg is named in his memory.
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From 1941 Koshetz spent the summer months teaching in
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