Ukrainian composer, violinist, teacher. Sich Rifleman, UGA chetar.
Biography.
Antin Balandiuk was born in Knyahynyn (now within the administrative boundaries of Ivano-Frankivsk). According to other sources, he was born in Krasne (now an urban-type settlement in the Busk district of Lviv region).
In 1911, he graduated from the teacher's seminary in Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk).
In 1914-1920, he participated in the First World War and the Ukrainian Revolution in the ranks of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen and the Ukrainian Galician Army. He was a member of the Press Apartment of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
He was the initiator and member of the USS mandolin circle and one of the members of the USS string quartet, which also included Mykhailo Haivoronsky, Yaroslav Barnych, and Roman Lesyk.
In 1920-1921, he was held in a prisoner of war camp in Tucholya (Poland).
In 1923, he graduated from the Lviv Music and Pedagogical Institute, majoring in violin, with a degree in violin from Yosyp Moskvychev.
He worked as a violin and singing teacher in schools in Stanislaviv.
Creative work.
Author of melodies for riflemen's songs. Among them are "Oh, the Wild Cherry Blossom" based on a poem by Roman Kupchynskyi, "The Anthem of Kosh" (also known as "Beyond the Seven Mountains") based on a poem by Anton Lototskyi.
Mykhailo Haivoronsky wrote: "There was a talented songwriter among the Riflemen, Antin Balandiuk. But he was shy and reluctant to show his songs. And the Riflemen received only a few songs from him" .
He was the author of choral and solo works, some of which were first published in 1918 in Lviv in the collection "Chervona Kalyna". Most of Balandiuk's manuscripts are kept in the Manuscripts Department of the Vasyl Stefanyk Lviv National Scientific Library of Ukraine (fond 163, files 5/1-5/6).
Works
Choral works:
"Ukraine" - a cantata for mixed choir and piano, lyrics by Mariya Pidhiryanka, manuscript;
"White Light" for miniature choir, lyrics by Mariya Pidhiryanka (1910), manuscript;
"Toy" for mixed choir and piano, lyrics by Vasyl Pachovskyi, manuscript;
"The Hymn of Kosh" ("Beyond the Seven Mountains"), lyrics by Anton Lototskyi, 1917, first published in the collection "Chervona Kalyna." - Lviv, 1918.
Solos:
"Oh My Pity, My Pity" for voice and piano, lyrics by Ivan Franko, manuscript, 1911;
"Over the long, hard years" for voice and piano, lyrics by Ivan Franko, manuscript, 1911;
"You are leaving me" for voice and piano, lyrics by Petro Karmansky;
"From Under the Black Sea Border" for voice and piano, manuscript;
"Oh, the Wild Cherry Blossom" for voice and piano, words by Roman Kupczynski, 1917, melody by Anton Balandyuk, 1920, Tucholya (Poland).
Arrangements:
"Zakvitlya Dyvchyvshyna" for voice and piano. Words and music by Roman Kupchynsky, harmonization by Anton Balandyuk;
"Hey, there in Vilkhivka" for voice and piano. Words and music by Roman Kupchynsky and Levko Lepkyi. Arranged by Anton Balandyuk.
Arrangements of folk songs:
"Oh, Don't Go Away" for women's choir;
"Evening Ringing", translated from Ivan Kozlov for mixed choir and piano, 1911;
"Cossack Thought" for voice and piano, 1910.
