Maksym Kopko (*1859, Galicia - †1919, Kharkiv) was a Ukrainian composer and Greek Catholic priest in Przemysl. Father of Petro Kopko.
Author of numerous choral works: the cantata "Gamalielia" based on the words of Taras Shevchenko (1894), church and secular songs, music for performances. He published the "Musical Library" in Przemyśl. From 1900 to 1907, 14 books were published in Przemyśl for the needs of the local community in the Udelova and Lazar printing house, which are now very rare and are not recorded in deja vu libraries:
1. The Holy Liturgy (Church and People's Chant) (Ukrainian). January 26, 1900 (received by the Higher Church Council of the Region for schools) Price 50 hundred.
2. Under Your Grace. An old tune. Price 25 cents. October 7, 1901. (Received by the Higher Church Council of the region for schools).
3. For the birth of Christ (carols). Price 25 cents, October 7, 1901 (received by the Higher Church Council of the region for schools).
4.5. Folk school parts I and II. Price 50 hundred. January 3, 1901. (Received by the Higher Church Council of the region for schools).
6. For St. Lent. 25 hundred. 09.02.1903 Distributed to local schools.
7. Our thoughts - Our songs. Price 25 cents.
8.Establish choirs! (What is singing in the reading room) Musicianship of our people. Choral singing. School of music and singing. Price 10 hundred.
9. Troparions of the Resurrection. Price 25 hundred. Distributed to native schools 09.02.1905
10. The Night of Bethlehem. (Choirs and salt). Price 50 hundred.
11.On the Resurrection of Christ. Price 25 hundred. Distributed to native schools on February 09, 1905.
12.Carols. Price 25 hundred.
13. Folk school parts III and IV. Price 50 hundred. Distributed to native schools on 06.11.1906
14.M(axim). Kopko. SELF-TAUGHT. Music library. Methodological textbook on the science of singing by notes. PRZEMYSL. 1907. The printing house of Udelova and Lazar.
In 1918, at the invitation of his son Petro Kopko, he moved to Kharkiv. The following year he was shot by the Bolsheviks, his grave has not been preserved.
Maksym Kopko's brother, Yosyp Kopko, was also a composer.
