Background
Gennadiy Ivanovich Citovich was born in August 7, 1910.
Gennadiy Ivanovich Citovich was born in August 7, 1910.
In 1939 he graduated from the Conservatory in Vilnius. He studied ethnology at the University (1936-1939).
In 1939-1941 and 1944-1951 he was an editor and consultant of Folk Arts in Baranovichi. Then, in 1952, he was a holder and until 1974 – an artistic director of the State Folk Choir BSSR.
In 1974-1975 he was a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Arts, Ethnography and Folklore of BSSR. He compiled some folklore collections. The theoretical work devoted to a comparative study of musical creativity of the slavic peoples, the Belarusian People's polyphony, folk performance, style analysis of contemporary folk songs, musical life of the modern village.