Mykola Leontovych
Mykola Leontovych specialised in a cappella choral music. He is remembered today mostly through the musical works he left behind, which include over 150 choral compositions. These range from artistic arrangements of folk songs, religious works (including his liturgy), cantatas, and choral compositions set to the words of various Ukrainian poets. His two most famous works are the choral miniatures "Schedryk" and "Dudaryk".
Klement Slavický
Slavicky studied under Karel Boleslav Jirák and Josef Suk. He was inspired by Moravian folk music and the works of Leoš Janáček. The best-known of his works are the double chorus "Lidice", "Rapsodické variace pro orchestr" (Rhapsodic Variations for Orchestra), the sonata "Přátelství" (Friendship) for violin and piano, the dramatic fresco "Cesta ke světlu" (The Way Toward the Light), the brilliant "Toccata" from the cycle "Three pieces for piano" (1947) and Symfonietta IV, "Pax hominibus in universo orbi", which was dedicated by Slavický to the United Nations for the 40th anniversary of its birth. There is also a song-cycle "Oh, My Heart So Wretched", which sets five Slovak folk poems and which has recently (2010) been recorded by the soprano Marie Fajtová. The 12 Small Studies for Piano have been recorded in 2016 by the slovak pianist Zuzana Zamborska (Diskant, DK 0164-2131).