But it’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries - the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war. “It’s ...

Although "Carol of the Bells" has become a popular tune during the holidays, the original lyrics had nothing to do with Christmas. The song with a haunting four-note melody was originally a Ukranian ...

Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...

Mykola Leontovych was a renowned Ukrainian composer best known for his choral works. His most famous composition, “Carol of the Bells,” became a global Christmas classic. Leontovych’s music combines ...

As part of a NewsHour Christmas tradition, the military and the Defense Media Activity Agency provide a special holiday performance of military service personnel playing and singing the “Carol of the ...

A group of men and women in traditional embroidered dress took the stage at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 5, 1922, for a performance that the New York Tribune dubbed “a marvel of technical skill.” The New ...

Every band that records a Christmas album faces identical challenges: find fresh approaches to familiar repertoire or think outside the box and choose songs that weren't written with the holiday in ...

Hear Pentatonix's amazing 'Carol of the Bells' from their upcoming Christmas EP -- EXCLUSIVEThe track features an arrangement of the classic carol that is at once both spirited and haunting. Mitch ...

Having sung them every year since childhood, the meaning of Christmas carols is clear to everyone: Enjoy a sleigh ride with someone special, bring carolers some figgy pudding (whatever that is) and, ...

The online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica describes music as an ever-changing and evolving artform that “lends itself easily to alliances with words, as in song, and with physical movement, as ...