Filaret Kolessa
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Filaret Mykhailovych Kolessa (1871 - February 4, 1947) was a Ukrainian
ethnographer, folklorist, composer
, musicologist and literary critic. He was a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society
from 1909, The Free Ukrainian Academy of Sciences from 1929, and the founder of Ukrainian ethnographic musicology
.
). He studied at the University of Vienna
under Anton Bruckner
from 1891 - 1892 and he completed his studies at the Lviv University
in 1896.
Filaret taught in various high schools in Lviv
, Stryi
, and Sambir
. He worked with Ivan Franko
, Mykola Lysenko
, Lesia Ukrainka. In 1918 he defended his dissertation at the University of Vienna and received the title "Doctor of Philology
". He studied the rhythms of Ukrainian folk songs of Galicia, Volhyn and Lemkivshchyna
. From 1939 he was a professor at the Lviv University, from 1940 the director of the State museum of ethnography in Lviv, director of the Lviv section of the Institute for Art studies, Folklore and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR
(from 1940), and a participant at international conferences of musicologists and philologists at Prague
, Warsaw
, Vienna
, and Antwerp.
Filaret Kolessa died on February 4, 1947. He is buried in Lviv.
and the uncle of Lubka Kolessa
.
Author of numerous choral works and arrangements of Ukrainian folk. Manuscript on the "History of Ukrainian ethnography" is still unpublished.
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
ethnographer, folklorist, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, musicologist and literary critic. He was a member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society
Shevchenko Scientific Society
The Shevchenko Scientific Society is a Ukrainian scientific society devoted to the promotion of scholarly research and publication. Unlike the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine the society is a public organization that was reestablished in Ukraine in 1989 after almost 50 years of exile...
from 1909, The Free Ukrainian Academy of Sciences from 1929, and the founder of Ukrainian ethnographic musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
.
Biography
Filaret Mykhailovych Kolessa was born in the village of Tatarsk (now the village of Pishchane, Lviv oblastLviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
). He studied at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
under Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...
from 1891 - 1892 and he completed his studies at the Lviv University
Lviv University
The Lviv University or officially the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is the oldest continuously operating university in Ukraine...
in 1896.
Filaret taught in various high schools in Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Stryi
Stryi
Stryi is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine . Serving as the administrative center of the Stryi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. Thus, the city has two administrations - the city and the raion...
, and Sambir
Sambir
Sambir is a city in the Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Sambir Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located at around , close to the border with Poland.-History:...
. He worked with Ivan Franko
Ivan Franko
Ivan Yakovych Franko was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language....
, Mykola Lysenko
Mykola Lysenko
Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist.- Biography :Lysenko was born in Hrynky, Kremenchuk Povit, Poltava Governorate, the son of Vitaliy Romanovich Lysenko . From childhood he became very interested in the folksongs of Ukrainian peasants and...
, Lesia Ukrainka. In 1918 he defended his dissertation at the University of Vienna and received the title "Doctor of Philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
". He studied the rhythms of Ukrainian folk songs of Galicia, Volhyn and Lemkivshchyna
Lemkivshchyna
Lemkivshchyna sometimes called Lemkovyna, Lemkivshchyna, Lemkovshchina or Łemkowszczyzna, is the region traditionally inhabited by the Lemkos. It forms an ethnographic peninsula 140 km long and 25–50 km wide from the Ukrainian border within Polish and Slovak territory...
. From 1939 he was a professor at the Lviv University, from 1940 the director of the State museum of ethnography in Lviv, director of the Lviv section of the Institute for Art studies, Folklore and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
(from 1940), and a participant at international conferences of musicologists and philologists at Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, and Antwerp.
Filaret Kolessa died on February 4, 1947. He is buried in Lviv.
Family
Filaret had a brother named Oleksander. He was also the father of Mykola KolessaMykola Kolessa
Mykola Kolessa was a prominent Ukrainian composer and conductor, born in the village of Sambir near Lviv and died in Lviv....
and the uncle of Lubka Kolessa
Lubka Kolessa
Lubka Kolessa was a classical pianist and professor of piano.- Education :...
.
Main works
- "Огляд українсько-руської народної поезії" (1905), A study in Ukrainian_Ruthenian folk poetry.
- "Ритміка українських народних пісень" (1906-07), The rhythm of Ukrainian folk songs
- "Мелодії українських народних дум" (1910-13), Melodies of Ukrainian folk dumyDuma (epic)A Duma is a sung epic poem which originated in Ukraine during the Hetmanate Era in the sixteenth century...
- "Наверстування і характерні признаки українських народних мелодій" (1913-14), Structure and characteristics of Ukrainian folk melodies
- "Українські народні думи у відношенні до пісень, віршів і походження голосінь" (1920-21), Ukrainian folk dumy and their relationship to songs, poems and funeral laments.
- "Про генезу українських народних дум" (1921), The genesis of Ukrainian folk dumy.
- "Народні пісні з південного Підкарпаття" (1923), Folk songs of southern Subcarpathia.
- "Речитативні форми в українській народній поезії" (1925), Recitative forms in Ukrainian folk poetry.
- "Українські народні пісні на переломі 17-18 ст." (1928), Ukrainian folk songs at the turn of the 17-18th centuries.
- "Народні пісні з галицької Лемківщині" (1929), Folk songs from Galicia.
- "Українська усна словесність" (1938),Ukrainian oral traditions
- "Народні пісенні мелодії українського Закарпаття" (1946). Folk song melodies of the Ukrainian Carpathians
Author of numerous choral works and arrangements of Ukrainian folk. Manuscript on the "History of Ukrainian ethnography" is still unpublished.