Anatol Kos-Anatolsky is one of the most popular Ukrainian composers of the 20th century, a master of melody. A lawyer by his first training, he devoted his life to music and became the author of countless art songs and songs that entered the people and are often taken for folklore.
His lyrical romances “Oi ty, divchyno, z horikha zernia” (to the words of Ivan Franko), “Nache zori yasni,” and many others are still sung today. Kos-Anatolsky also wrote ballets (“Dovbush's Kerchief,” “The Jay's Wing”), piano and vocal works, blending Galician song with Romantic expressiveness. For many years he taught at the Lviv Conservatory, raising a new generation of musicians, and is remembered as a composer whose melodies give light.
