Researchers have settled the debate over the birthplace of the author of "Hutsulka Ksenia."

This was shared with the media by the head of the Zabolotiv community, Petro Maliborsky, as reported by a correspondent from Ukrinform.

“Yaroslav Barnych, a world-renowned composer, hails from our community. We would like to establish tourist routes around his name… the composer’s family house has been preserved. It is located between the villages of Trofanivka and Balintsi. As a result, there has been a long-standing dispute among people—some referred to him (Barnych) as being from Trofanivka, while others claimed he was from Balintsi. The scholars have put an end to this debate. They researched, retrieved archival documents, and stated that Wikipedia should list the village of Balintsi as the birthplace of the composer,” Maliborsky noted.

According to him, there is currently a room-museum dedicated to the composer at the Balintsi Lyceum named after Yaroslav Barnych.

“If I could secure funding, we would expand this into a large-scale museum… So far, we have held one scientific conference. All its materials are with the scholars, and we plan to publish them,” informed the head of the Zabolotiv community.

Yaroslav Barnych is a Ukrainian composer, conductor, educator, violinist, and public figure. He entered Ukrainian music as a pioneer of modern Ukrainian operetta. He wrote a total of four operettas: “The Girl from the Butter Union” (1933), “Sharyka” (1934), “Adventure in Church” (1936), and “Hutsulka Ksenya” (1938). The composer also created works in the tango song genre, producing refined pieces like “Oh, Nightingale,” “Do You Remember?,” “Hutsulka Ksenya,” and others.

As reported by the agency, the musical “Hutsulka Ksenya” has been released again on Takflix.

Photo: Museum of the History of Kolomyia