He received his musical education in St. Petersburg at the Smolensky School of Music (1894) and at the Court Special Chapel (with the title of conductor, teacher of singing and music theory). He also studied violin with P. Vilkomyrsky and voice training with V. Vlasov in Moscow.
In 1913, he returned to Ukraine and began his musical and pedagogical career. In 1913-1920 he was a singing teacher at the gymnasium in Zinkiv. He published "Musical Textbook for Schools" and a collection of school choirs "Red Holidays". In 1918, together with P. Tolstiakov, he founded a school for conductors of village choirs in Zinkiv.
In 1920-1926 he was a teacher of methodology at the Pedagogical Courses. In 1926-1933, he was a teacher of music theory and methods of school singing at the Pedagogical College in Okhtyrka, Kharkiv district. In 1933-1941, he was a choir director at the Architectural College in Kharkiv.
In 1944-1947, he was a senior researcher at the Institute of Art History, Folklore and Ethnography of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences.
A letter from Porfirij Batiuk signed by the composer
In 1946-1948 he was the director of the choir of the Kyiv Party School.
He composed texts on Shevchenko for unaccompanied children's choirs "Testament," "It was my thirteenth year," "River" ("Water flows from under the sycamore tree"), all in 1922, a romance for high voice with piano accompaniment "In the grove, in the grove" (1962), mixed unaccompanied choirs "On the grave, on the high" and "Let the glory of you flow" (both to lyrics by K. Yatsyk, 1961). He is the author of the music to the famous song with lyrics by S. Cherkasenko "Quiet over the river".
One of P. Batyuk's songbooks.
Lifetime editions of Porfiriy Batiuk's works
Batiuk P. Harvest Song (folk song) - K.: Library of the Leontovych Music Society, 1925. 4 p.
Song about Soviet mashalas: lyrics by T. Masenko, music by P. Batiuk // Collection of songs by Ukrainian Soviet composers (for voice or choir accompanied by piano). - K.: Music Fund of the USSR, 1945. - P. 5-8.
Batiuk P. Young Sowers. Folk songs. - K.: Music Fund of the Ukrainian SSR, 1947. - 4 p.
Batiuk P. Glory, mighty Russia (for mixed a capella choir). - Kyiv: Music Fund of the Ukrainian SSR, 1947. - 8 p.
The eagles were flying. Ukrainian Soviet folk song. Arranged for choir and piano by P. Batiuk. - K.: USSR Music Fund - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1952. 4 p.
Ukrainian Soviet folk songs. Arranged for mixed unaccompanied by P. Batiuk. - K.: USSR Music Fund - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1952. 18 p.
Batiuk P. Once upon a time to the Dnipro River (for mixed choir). Lyrics by M. Rylsky. - K.: USSR Music Fund - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1954. - 8 p.
Three Ukrainian Soviet folk songs. Arranged for unaccompanied choir by P. Batiuk. - K.: USSR Music Fund - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1954. - 8 p.
Batiuk P. Song about the Pereyaslav Rada (for choir and piano). Lyrics by P. Tychyna. - K.: USSR Music Fund - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1954. - 4 p.
Kostetskyi M., Batiuk P. Three centuries with Moscow (for choir and piano). Folk words. - K.: Mystetstvo, 1954. - 6 p.
Batiuk P. The Sun Rises Behind the Mountain. Song for choir and piano. Lyrics by O. Yushchenko. - K.: State Publishing House of Fine Arts and Music Literature, 1956. - 4 p.
Batiuk P. Selected Choral Works. - Kyiv: Music Fund of the USSR - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1959. - 50 p.
The Party Leads the People (for mixed unaccompanied choir). Music by P. Batiuk, lyrics by V. Sosiura. - K.: Music Fund of the USSR - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1960. - 6 p.
Batiuk P. We are faithful to the party (for mixed choir without accompaniment). Words by M. Sikach. - K.: USSR Music Fund - Ukrainian Republican Branch, 1961. - 8 p.
Batiuk P. Quiet over the river (for duet or two-voice choir accompanied by piano). Words by S. Cherkasenko. - K.: Soviet Composer, 1961. - 4 p.
Batiuk P. There is a well in the valley (for mixed choir unaccompanied). Words by P. Ambrosiy. - K.: Soviet Composer, 1961. - 6 p.
Good Evening to You, Mother (Ukrainian folk comic song). Arranged for baritone or bass with piano accompaniment by P. Batiuk. - K.: Soviet Composer, 1961. - 4+1 p.
Batiuk P. In a grove, a grove (a romance for high voice and piano). Words by Taras Shevchenko. - K.: Soviet Composer, 1962. - 4 p.
Batiuk P. Folk songs of Poltava region. - K.: Art, 1963. - 32 p.
Batiuk P. Two Ukrainian Folk Songs. - K.: State Publishing House "Art." - 8 p.
Batiuk P. Feat (for mixed choir unaccompanied). Words by V. Sosiura. On the rights of the manuscript. - K., 23.10.1961. - 8 + 1 p.
