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".
Mykhailo Urytskyi
In his works Mykhailo refers to the folk tales of the world (The Magic Lamp of Aladdin, The Frog Princess, The Goat-Dereza, The Magic Swan Geese, The Magic Violin), the legacy of the classics of children's literature (Cinderella by Charles Perrault, "Why the long nose at the elephant" by Rudyard Kipling, "The Little Humpbacked Horse" (Konyok-Gorbunok) by Pyotr Yershov), works by contemporary authors ("The Magic Lotus" by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, "The Tired Devil" by Serhii Kovalev). According to his own confession, his favourite author is Hans Christian Andersen, whose tales formed the basis for more than 10 performances he staged ("The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "Thumbelina", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Princess and the Pea").