{"id":32238,"date":"2024-12-19T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/?p=32238"},"modified":"2024-12-19T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:54:04","slug":"shchedryk-carol-of-the-bells-a-holiday-greeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrainianjewishencounter.org\/en\/shchedryk-carol-of-the-bells-a-holiday-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Shchedryk\/Carol of the Bells: A Holiday Greeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carol of the Bells is one of the world's most recognized and beloved Christmas melodies. Yet many people still don't know the song originated in Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

First performed in the United States in Carnegie Hall<\/a> on 5 October 1922 as Shchedryk, a song about a little bird, the melody was arranged by the Ukrainian composer and music teacher Mykola Leontovych in the 1900s. It was popularized in 1936 by Peter J. Wilhousky, a Ukrainian American choral director and music director for New York City Public Schools, who wrote new English language lyrics and gave it the name Carol of the Bells. In December 2022, the song<\/a> was presented at Carnegie Hall in honor of the 100-year anniversary<\/a> of its performance in the storied hall.<\/p>\n

Together with the Ukrainian Institute, the Ukra\u0457ner publishing house tells the untold story of Shchedryk, its cultural mission, and its unique contribution to Ukraine's diplomatic efforts in the 1920s in an engaging video<\/a>.<\/p>\n