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Liubomyrskyi Hryhorii

1865-1937

Hryhorii Liubomyrskyi (February 13, 1865, Vasylkiv - February 14, 1937, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian musicologist, teacher, and composer. Author of textbooks on music theory. Creator of symphonies and piano pieces.
He was born on February 13, 1865 in the town of Vasylkiv, Kyiv province. He studied at the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatories.

Since the establishment of the private Music and Drama School in 1904 on the basis of donations, Mykola Lysenko has been teaching at the school. On September 2, 1918, the Mykola Lysenko State Music and Drama Institute was established on the basis of the school, and Liubomyrsky became its professor. In 1934, the institute was divided into two institutions: the Karpenko-Kary Institute of Theater Arts and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Liubomyrsky became a professor at the Conservatory.

In the early 1900s, Hryhorii Liubomyrskyi lived in apartment 22 in a building at 10/1 Architectora Horodetskoho Street in Kyiv. Later he moved to 24 Yaroslaviv Val Street, and later to 8 Velyka Zhytomyrska Street.

He died on February 14, 1937. He was buried in Kyiv at the Baikove Cemetery (plot No. 3 of the old part).

Creative works
His books became popular:

1906 - "A Guide to the Practical Study of Elementary Music Theory, Adapted for Self-Study and Presented in 32 Lessons".
1930 - Methodical work "Musical Ear, its Education and Improvement".
Author of a symphony, "Oriental Dance" and "Elegy" for symphony orchestra, a number of piano pieces.

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