List of Ukrainian composers

The composers in this period correspond roughly to the time period of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ukrainian Cossack self-governance, such as the Zaporizhian Sich (late 15th century–1775) and the Cossack Hetmanate (1649–1764). This period includes western-educated composers whose music is similar in style to that of their Western European contemporaries.

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Sebastian z Felsztyna		1480/1490?–after 1543	Polish Felsztyn (now modern Skelivka in Ukraine)	three motets
Marcin Leopolita		1537–1584	Lviv	Missa paschalis
Mykola Dyletsky		1630–1690	Kyiv	Sacred choral concerti
Tymofiy Bilohradsky		c. 1710–c.1782	Cherkasy?	Lutenist who worked throughout Europe
Hryhoriy Skovoroda		1722–1794	Chornukhy, Kyiv Governorate	Liturgical music
Maksym Berezovsky		1745–1777	Hlukhiv?	Sacred choral concertos; composed the earliest opera, symphony, and violin sonata by a Ukrainian composer
Dmytro Bortnyansky		1751–1825	Hlukhiv	Sacred choral concerti, operas, symphonie concertante, quintet, harpsichord sonata
Artem Vedel		1767–1808	Kyiv	Sacred choral concerti

During this period of Ukrainian history, much of the current territory of the country was controlled by the Russian Empire, or under Austro-Hungarian rule. The period was marked a Ukrainian cultural revival when, for example, Semen Hulak-Artemovsky produced the first opera written in Ukrainian, and Mykola Lysenko began the Ukrainian nationalist school of music.

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Mykola Markevych		1804–1860	Dunaiets
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky		1813–1873	Horodyshche	The first Ukrainian-language opera
Mykhaylo Verbytsky		1815–1870	Lemkivshchyna	Ukraine national anthem
Petro Nishchynsky		1832–1896	Nemenka, Vinnytska Oblast
Sydir Vorobkevych		1836–1903	Chernivtsi	Sacred music
Mykola Lysenko		1842–1912	Poltava oblast	The "Father of Ukrainian music". Founder of Ukrainian nationalist school of music
Mykola Arkas		1853–1909	Mykolaiv

Composers in this period lived during a transitional time corresponding to the 1905 Revolution, World War I, the 1917 Revolution, and the establishment of the Ukrainian People's Republic, followed by the establishment of Soviet Ukraine. Many composers during this period were the successors of Mykola Lysenko and the Ukrainian school of music. For example, Mykola Leontovych's music is highly based on the incorporation of Ukrainian folk themes.

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Serhiy Bortkevych		1877–1952	Kharkiv	Works by Bortkiewicz include two symphonies, three piano concertos, a violin concerto, and a cello concerto
Filaret Kolessa		1871–1947	Lviv oblast	Ukrainian ethnographic musicology
Reinhold Glière		1875–1956	Kyiv	Numerous orchestral works, concertos, ballets, vocal works
Davyd Novakivsky		1877–1921	Malyn	Synagogue music, choral, organ, and orchestral works
Kyrylo Stetsenko		1882–1922	Cherkashchyna
Mykola Leontovych		1877–1921	Selevyntsi (Podilia)	Shchedryk which eventually became the "Carol of the Bells"
Yakiv Stepovy		1883–1921	Kharkiv
Mykola Roslavets		1881–1944	Dushatyn, Chernihiv	Orchestral and chamber atonal works, Known as the Ukrainian Schoenberg
Viktor Kosenko		1896–1938	St. Petersburg	Piano concertos, symphonies, solo piano music
Oleksandr Koshyts		1875–1944	Romashky, near Kyiv	Sacred music (liturgies, songs), collecting and arrangements of folk songs

Stanyslav Lyudkevych

Although not all of the following composers during this period were born in Ukrainian SSR.

Composer		Date	City of birth	Notable works
Vasyl Barvinsky		1888–1963	Ternopil
Mykola Vilinsky		1888–1956	Holta, Ananiv povit
Levko Revutsky		1889–1977	Irzhavets, Pryluky
Sergei Prokofiev		1891–1953	Sontsivka, Donetsk	5 piano concertos, 9 piano sonatas, 7 symphonies, Suite from Romeo and Juliet, Suite from Lieutenant Kijé
Mykhailo Haivoronsky		1892–1949	Zalischyky
Pylyp Kozytsky		1893–1960	Letychivka, Cherkasy Oblast
Mikhail Isaakovich Levin		1894–1995	Kyiv
Borys Lyatoshynsky		1895–1968	Zhytomyr
Stanyslav Lyudkevych		1879–1979	Yaroslav (present-day Poland)
Stefania Turkewich		1898–1977	Lviv	Her opera "Mavka" is based on Lesia Ukrainka’s Forest Song
Roman Simovych		1901–1984	Sniatyn[note 1]	7 symphonies
Kostyantyn Dankevych		1905–1984	Odesa
Vitaliy Serhiyovich Hubarenko		1934–2000	Kharkiv
Yuly Meytus		1903–1997	Yelisavetgrad
Heorhiy Maiboroda		1913–1992	Kremenchuk
Ihor Markevych		1912–1983	Kyiv
Dmytro Klebanov		1907–1987	Kharkiv
Platon Maiboroda		1918–1989	Pelekhivshchyna (Poltava Governorate)
Ihor Shamo		1925–1982	Kyiv

Bohdana Frolyak

Works from composers date from after the independence of Ukraine was achieved in 1991.