Ukrainian liturgical music is one of the richest in the Christian world. Historically it traveled from znamenny chant (11th–16th centuries, monophonic, neumatic notation) through Kyiv chant (16th–17th centuries) to partes singing (17th–18th centuries, polyphonic choral).
The peak is the work of three great Ukrainian composers of the 18th century: Maksym Berezovsky (the opera Demofonte, choral concertos); Dmytro Bortniansky (35 choral concertos, the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts); and Artemiy Vedel (sacred concertos still sung in churches today). In the 20th century the liturgical tradition was continued by Kyrylo Stetsenko, Mykola Leontovych, and Oleksandr Koshyts. Today male choirs Kyiv (Mykola Hobdych), Pochayna, and Voskresinnia continue the thousand-year tradition.
