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What a Moonlit Night

"What A Moonlit Night" () is a Ukrainian song composed by kobzar Andriy Voloshchenko and Vasyl Ovchynnikov with lyrics from a poem by Mykhailo Starytsky.

Mykola Lysenko wrote the music for it, as an aria included in the opera, based on Mykola Gogol's story "The Drowned". It was first published in 1885 in the Odesa almanac "Niva". However, the song became world-famous with a different melody, which was composed by the Andriy Voloshchenko and Vasyl Ovchinnikov.

Performers

One of Ukraine's most popular folk songs, it has been performed by Oleksandr Ponomariov, Konstantin Ognevyi, Anatoliy Solovianenko, Dmytro Hnatyuk, Mykola Kondratiuk, Cara Schlecker, Mykola Platonov, Evgeny Belyaev, Boris Gmyrya, Kvitka Cisyk, Yaroslav Alexandrovich Evdokimov, Christian Ketter, Alexander Malinin and others.

The version in English by Voll Deineko could be found on Youtube: "The Night Is So Moonful, Starry, And Luminous"

Ukrainian text by Mykhailo Starytsky

References