Kozytsky Pylyp Omelyanovych (born November 23 [November 11, O.S.], Letychivka, Ukraine, 1893 – died April 27, 1960, Kiev) was a Ukrainian composer, musicologist, educator, music critic, public figure and one of the organizers of Ukrainian musical life in 20’s of the XX century. He was among the founding members of the Leontovych Music Society. Kozytsky’s creative legacy includes instrumental and opera compositions, numerous choral works based on the words of Ukrainian and Russian poets, folk songs and works on the history of music, musical criticism and pedagogy. Kozytsky was one of the creators of the genre of Ukrainian Soviet mass song.