# Eney

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**Eney** (Ukrainian: Еней) was a [Ukrainian rock](/source/Rock_music_in_Ukraine) ([big-beat](/source/Big-beat_(Eastern_Bloc))) band active in 1968–1977. Named after the famous character, [Aeneas](/source/Aeneas), from [one of the literary works](/source/Eneida) of [Ivan Kotlyarevsky](/source/Ivan_Kotlyarevsky), Eney was the first Ukrainian band to perform its own [repertoire](/source/Repertoire).[1]

## History

During the 1960s Students from the Kyiv special music school formed a band named after Ukrainian composer [Mykola Lysenko](/source/Mykola_Lysenko). They initially played unique interpretations of Ukrainian folk songs. Later its members were exposed to the late works of [The Beatles](/source/The_Beatles) and started to rearrange works of [Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach) and [Khachaturian](/source/Aram_Khachaturian).

Starting from 1970, the band performed songs in [Ukrainian language](/source/Ukrainian_language). Eney's performances took place in a number of Kyiv's higher education establishments, and their recordings were broadcast by [Ukrainian television](/source/Television_in_Ukraine) and [radio](/source/Ukrainian_Radio).[1] In 1971 the band split as Petrynenko and Blinov left it to form the new band called *Dzvony*. The band started to experiment in new genres: blues and soul.

In 1972 the band and their music where banned in the Soviet Union and labeled "[bourgeois-national](/source/Bourgeois_nationalism)". As a result, all existing records and recordings were destroyed. After that the band went underground until 1974. The members then merged with *Dzvony* into the new vocal-instrumental ensemble *Decorative Trails*. After the band was accepted to the *Ukr-kontsert* it changed its name to *Hrono*. In 1977 the ensemble became known as *Eney* once again. After a period of time, *Eney* broke up and its members either joined different bands or went solo. [Petrynenko](/source/Taras_Petrynenko) later created his own band [Hrono](/source/Hrono).

## Musical style

Eney's songs combined elements of [Ukrainian folk](/source/Ukrainian_folk_music) ([duma](/source/Duma_(epic)), [kolomyika](/source/Kolomyika), humorous songs) and [North American](/source/North_America) musical genres ([blues](/source/Blues), [rock-n-roll](/source/Rock-n-roll), [country music](/source/Country_music)). In its compositions the band used texts by notable Ukrainian authors, including [Stepan Rudansky](/source/Stepan_Rudansky), [Oleksandr Oles](/source/Oleksandr_Oles), [Pavlo Tychyna](/source/Pavlo_Tychyna), [Vasyl Symonenko](/source/Vasyl_Symonenko), [Lina Kostenko](/source/Lina_Kostenko), [Dmytro Pavlychko](/source/Dmytro_Pavlychko) and others.[1]

## Notable songs

- Eney (*Еней, Aeneas*) - words and music by T. Petrynenko
- Zberezhy (*Збережи, Save*) - words and music by K. Stetsenko
- Ty znayesh, shcho ty liudyna (*Ти знаєш, що ти людина, You know that you are human*) - words by V. Symonenko, music by K. Stetsenko
- Pisnia (*Пісня, Song*) - words by O. Oles, music by K. Stetsenko
- Soniachne vesillia (*Сонячне весілля, Sunny wedding*) - words by D. Cherednychenko, music by K. Stetsenko
- Snihy (*Сніги, Snows*) - words by D. Cherednychenko, music by M. Kyrylin
- Mosty (*Мости, Bridges*) - words by P. Tychyna, music by M. Kyrylin
- Chary nochi (*Чари ночі, Charms of the night*) - words by O. Oles, music by M. Kyrylin
- Chy daleko do neba (*Чи далеко до неба, Is it far to the sky*) - words by S. Rudansky, music by O. Blinov
- Ta orav muzhyk kray dorohy (*Та орав мужик край дороги, And the [muzhik](/source/Muzhik) ploughed by the road*) - folk song arranged by T. Petrynenko
- Khvalylasia bereza (*Хвалилася береза, The birch boasted*) - folk song arranged by K. Stetsenko
- Mariyka bula (*Марійка була, Mariyka was*) - folk song arranged by K. Stetsenko
- Viye viter z polia (*Віє вітер з поля, The wind blows from the field*) - folk song arranged by K. Stetsenko
- [Plyve kacha](/source/A_Duckling_Swims_in_the_Tisza) (*Пливе кача, The duck swims*) - folk song arranged by T. Melnyk
- Dobryi vechir tobi (*Добрий вечір тобі. Good evening to you*) - [koliadka](/source/Koliadka)[1]

## References

1. *Українська музична енциклопедія*. Vol. 2. 2008. p. 24.

## Further reading

- Yevtushenko, Oleksandr (2004). [*Українська рок-антологія: Легенди химерного краю*](http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/E_LIB/PDF/ukr0007230.pdf) [Ukrainian Rock Anthology: Legends of the Chimerical Land]. Апостроф. pp. 47–49. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20260124010811/http://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/E_LIB/PDF/ukr0007230.pdf) 24 January 2026 at the Wayback Machine.

## External links

- [Brief overview](http://kmstudio.com.ua/index.php?nma=cherem&fla=stat&nm=eney)

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