Agree. I love it so much, I read up about it.
The song is was written by a Ukrainian and is called Shchedryk. It was originally a New Yearβs song; when Shchedryk was written, the Ukrainian New Year was in April, so itβs actually a springtime song, and has nothing to do with bells.
There are some simply fantastic recordings of Shchedryk sung in Ukrainian; although (or maybe because?) I donβt understand Ukrainian, I find these more beautiful and moving than the English lyrics.
Edit: several articles (words) were dropped, but only articles. So I have either suddenly a weird sort of brain disease that affects only some parts-of-speech, or β¦ well, thatβs the only reasonable explanation. Anyway, edited to fix.
Do you know if it was based on any plain chant roots? The ostinato shares a basic note structure with the Dies Irae, (Day of Wrath) and Iβve been wondering if they were connected.
I mean at this point the Dies Irae is like a littls meme/reference for composers, no? Like a sheet music version of a Vine
Was lucky enough to go to one of the Eurovision shows in Liverpool this year and they had the Ukrainian version as part of the half time show. I could listen to it every day of my life so itβs handy that thereβs a version for every season!
