Adopted as the national anthem after the Bolshevic Revolution, there was much discussion over the lyrics when the country's second independence was declared in 1991. Originally sung as a hymn, both melody and lyrics share similarities with Polish, Serbian and Israeli anthems. It bespeaks the mix of hope and desperation felt through centuries by Ukrainians in their struggle to rule their own land. A year later Chubynsky's poem was set to music by Ukrainian composer and Catholic priest Mykhailo Verbytsky. It first saw life as a poem written in 1862 by Pavlo Chubynsky. "Ukraine is not yet dead" proclaims the Ukrainian national anthem. I am proud to make this masterpiece of choral literature available for horn quartet or four-part horn choir. Barlines are to help with phrasing and staying together. It is unmeasured as in the original choral score and the players are encouraged to think of playing it in a chant-like manner, not adhering to strict meter or tempo. This arrangement is in the original key and preserves as much as possible the original chords, voicing, and octave settings. Its popularity is such that many different versions exist both in Russian and in English transcriptions also exist for different combinations of winds. Although he never heard it performed during his lifetime, his children had the opportunity in the years following his death. This is one of the last sacred works he completed before being forced to turn to secular music by the Soviet government.
It is based on a synodal Kievan chant melody and Psalm 74 (Psalm 73 in the Greek version). Salvation Is Created was composed by Tchesnokov in 1912 as the fifth in his Ten Communion Hymns, Opus 25.
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