Yevhen Omelianovych Yutsevych (* 7 July 1901, Dobrovelychkivka - 5 June 1988, Kyiv) was a composer, conductor and music consultant in theatres and clubs in Kyiv, a teacher of acoustics and instrumentation, father of musicologist Yurii Yutsevych.
Biography
Yurii was born on 7 July 1901 in the village of Dobrovelychkivtsi, Kherson province. He received his general and primary musical education at the Voznesensk Music Gymnasium. He studied theoretical music disciplines and composition with M. Pogodaev, V. Zolotaryov, and L. Revutskyi. He completed his musical education in 1932 at the Mykola Lysenko Kyiv Music and Drama Institute. During the Civil War, he played in a military brass band. He organised a large brass band in Voznesensk, which successfully performed in many cities of Ukraine.
In 1922, 1931-1941, and 1944-1966, he was a conductor of amateur musical groups in Kyiv. He is the author of an original scientific theory of the acoustic nature and "aesthetic sound" of musical instruments. In 1935, he conducted joint research with Polycarp Baranovsky on the phenomenon of the dualism of musical intervals.
In the 1950s and 1970s, he worked on improving the production of string and wind instruments, creating a number of original designs. At the same time, he taught musical acoustics and instrumentation for brass bands at the Mykola Lysenko Music and Drama Institute, Kyiv Conservatory, and the Central House of Folk Art.
Yutsevych's grave
Yutsevych lived in Kyiv. He died on 5 June 1988. He was buried in Kyiv at the Zvirynetske Cemetery.
Works
Works:
operas "The Sentence" (1928), "The Crane and the Heron" (1940), "Liturgy" (1942), "Kyrylo Kozhumiaka" (1948, 1982), "Volcano" (1957), "The Man from the Legend" (1968), "The Legend of the Falcon" (1970);
20 choirs (to the words of V. Sosiura, T. Shevchenko, I. Franko and others);
two symphonies, pieces for orchestras (symphonic, brass, folk instruments), works for accordion, piano, violin, cello, etc;
music for theatre performances, romances, song cycles, etc.
He is the author of more than 10 scientific studies on the theory and practice of musical art, more than 1000 articles and reviews.
Musicology works:
"The School of Playing the Bandura" (1958);
"Musical Instruments (1960, 1962).
