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Yaroslav Yaroslavenko (March 30, 1880 – June 26, 1958) was a Ukrainian composer who wrote the music for "

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" and a son of Ukrainian writer and poet Demeter Więckowski and Anna de Weryha-Wysoczańska-Pietrusiewicz. He studied at the

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Conservatory from 1898 to 1900, and graduated with a degree in engineering from the

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Institute in 1904. He co-founded the

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music publishing house in 1906 and was its director for over thirty years.

References

Yaroslavenko, Yaroslav
" ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' V t-Z Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. *"Yaroslavenko, Yaroslav." in: Bernandt, G. and A. Dolzhanskiĭ. ''Sovetskie Kompozitory: Kratkiĭ Biograficheskiĭ Spravochnik''. Moskva: Sovetskiĭ Kompozitor, 1957. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaroslavenko, Yaroslav 1880 births 1958 deaths People from Drohobych Musicians from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Lviv Polytechnic alumni Ukrainian male composers Ukrainian composers Ukrainian people imprisoned in Poland 20th-century male musicians Lviv Conservatory alumni