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Mykhailo (Mykhaylo, Michał, Michael) Verbytsky (March 4, 1815 in Jawornik Ruski - December 7, 1870) was an Ukrainian composer, and a Greek Catholic priest. He is famous for composing an alternate melody to the song Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy (Ukraine's glory has not perished) which became the modern National Anthem of Ukraine.
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