The running brook

Kupalo songfolkComposerArranger

Mar 20

Written By andrew waller

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The running brook | Тече вода з-під явора | Teche voda z-pid javora

Composer: M. Kolodub | М. Колодуб
Lyricist: Taras Shevchenko | Тарас Шевченко

This song is based on a poem that paints a bucolic scene about a journey of a small stream journeying from its source in the highland pasture as it flows through lush fields, groves and villages, and gives a family of ducks their happy home. Taras Shevchenko, poet, writer, painter, political figure, and ethnographer, is considered by many to be Ukraine’s bard. His writings formed the foundation for modern Ukrainian literature in the middle of the 19th century, contributing greatly to the growth of Ukrainian national consciousness. Influenced by Romanticism, his unique manner of poetic expression encompassed themes and ideas germane to Ukraine and to his personal vision of its past and future. Shevchenko’s influence on various facets of Ukrainian intellectual, literary, and national life is still felt to this day, even inspiring some of the protestors during the Euromaidan movement of 2013-14.

Vesnivka's music archives include classical works with text drawn from poetry from many of Ukraine's great literary figures, including Ukraine's bard Taras Shevchenko.