Ukrainian and Austrian musicologist, composer, conductor, teacher, Doctor of Musicology (since 1897). He was known, respected and influential in Austrian, Romanian and Ukrainian musical circles.
Education and career
The son of an Orthodox priest. He received his musical education in Chernivtsi (under the guidance of Sydor Vorobkevych and Adalbert Grzhymali), then improved his skills in Vienna, where his teachers were Eduard Hanslick, Robert Fuchs, and Martin Gustav Nottage. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Vienna.
From 1875 he lived in Vienna, but he did not break ties with Ukraine, often coming to Chernivtsi (some of his works were published here). From 1879 he was a member of the inner circle of the composer Johannes Brahms.
In Vienna, he directed choral and orchestral groups. From 1880 he was choirmaster of the Vienna Choral Academy. In 1887 he became the archivist of the Society of Friends of Music. In 1896-1921, he was a professor at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts (Vienna Conservatory), where he taught classes in instrumentation, music history, and composition. Among his students were Hans Gal, Karl Böhm, Ilarion Verenko, Manolis Kalomiris, George Sell, Leone Sinigaglia, Karel Prochazka (senior), and Marcian Negri, Josef Alois Krips, Julius Patzak, Ferdinand Rebay, Rosario Scalero, Gustav Uwe Janner, Arthur Schnabel, Karl Garinger, Ignaz Brüll, Henry Kimball Hadley, and others.
The grave of Yevseviy Mandychevsky
For many years, he was the Vienna correspondent for the British magazine Music Times.
In 1901, he married Albina von West, a singing teacher and director of the Women's Choir of the Society of Friends of Music.
Yevseviy Mandychevsky is buried at the Central Cemetery in Vienna.
His works.
Author of symphonic, vocal-symphonic, chamber and solo works in the style of Brahms. He composed 11 Ukrainian choruses, including two based on Shevchenko's words: "O Dibrova" and the canon for three voices "And the Day Goes, and the Night Goes". He also worked on Ukrainian, Russian, and Moldovan folk songs. He is also known for researching and publishing works by Haydn, Brahms, and Schubert.
Awards.
In 1909, Yevseviy Mandychevsky was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph.
