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Carol of the Bells: the song that made the world speak about Ukraine
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Carol of the Bells: the song that made the world speak about Ukraine

by Mariana Hirniak

About the author: Mariana Hirniak is a journalist and public speaker on Ukrainian culture and history. In early 1919, when Ukraine's pleas for recognition were falling on largely deaf ears, it dispatched not only diplomats to Europe, but also a choir. Led by conductor Oleksandr Koshyts, the Ukrainian Republican Capella became an unexpected yet powerful instrument of cultural diplomacy. Its greatest triumph was Shchedryk, arranged by composer Mykola Leontovych — a song that would later cross th

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