Peter Wilhousky  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search Peter Wilhousky Born Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Cause of death Cancer Ethnicity Ukrainian/Rusyn Citizenship
United States Occupation Director of music in New York City
schools and conductor of the New York All-City High School
Chorus Known for English language setting of Carol of the Bells,
Arrangement of Battle Hymn of the Republic  Peter J. Wilhousky
(Ukrainian: Пітер (Петро) Вільховський) (1902, Passaic, New
Jersey - 1978) was a popular American composer, educator, and
choral conductor of Ukrainian ethnic extraction. During his
childhood he was part of New York's Rusyn Cathedral Boys Choir,
and gave a performance at the White House to President Woodrow
Wilson.[1] He was featured on several broadcasts of classical
music with Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra,
including the historic 1947 broadcast of Verdi's opera Otello.
In 1936, he wrote a set of English lyrics to the popular "Carol
of the Bells" a composition by