Talk:Shchedryk (song)

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Did you know... that the Christmas carol Carol of the Bells was originally a Ukrainian New Year's carol called Shchedryk?

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Arranged or wrote?[edit]

I have yet to find any evidence that there is a folk version of it. The sources seem to say that Leontovich took some older musical themes as the basis for the composition, but a quick look doesn't disclose any evidence that the song as a whole had any existence as a song prior to the version we have from him. I'm inclined to change the lead to say that he wrote it based on folk themes. Mangoe (talk) 13:56, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]