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Ukrainian minstrels : and the blind shall sing / by Natalie Kononenko.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML399 .K65 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kononenko, Natalie O.
- Series:
- Folklores and folk cultures of Eastern Europe
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kobzari--History.
- Kobzari.
- Minstrels--Ukraine--History.
- Minstrels.
- Blind musicians--Ukraine--Biography.
- Blind musicians.
- Biography.
- History.
- Ukraine--Social life and customs.
- Ukraine.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1998]
- Summary:
- Among the many intriguing characteristics of the Ukrainian folk tradition is the fact that Ukrainian epics were sung by a special type of minstrel -- the blind mendicant. These minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance and provided the singers with protection and support throughout their careers.
- The separateness of Ukrainian culture became politically salient, and epic singers became the target of repression during the Stalin era (in 1939 there was a massacre of Ukrainian minstrels). For this reason -- and due also to tire secrecy that always surrounded the guilds' rites of membership and their association with mendicancy -- Ukrainian ministrelsy has been little studied.
- Natalie Kononenko's work is thus a revelation of a distinctive folk tradition and a little-known social order. It will be of interest to anyone with an interest in folklore, Ukrainian culture, or rural social history.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Ukrainian Minstrelsy 1
- 1. The Singers 3
- 2. The Traditional Repertory: An Overview 16
- 3. Common Stereotypes of Minstrels 27
- 4. Blindness 44
- 5. Minstrel Institutions: The Brotherhoods or Guilds 66
- 6. Apprenticeship, Training, and Initiation 86
- 7. Learning Minstrel Songs 108
- 8. Minstrel Guilds and the Orthodox Church 133
- 9. Minstrelsy and Martyrdom: The Influence of Religious Song on the Epic 153
- 10. Epic and Lament: The Influence of Kobzari on Lirnyky 171
- Part 2. Minstrel Rites and Songs 199
- Texts
- A Religious Festival 201
- The Minstrel Initiation Rite 204
- Songs
- The Begging Song and the Song of Gratitude 211
- The Begging Song of a Lirnyk 211
- As sung by Lirnyk Mykolai Doroshenko 215
- As sung by Kobzar Pavlo Hashchenko 218
- Religious Songs 220
- Lazarus 220
- Saint Barbara 223
- The Passion of Christ 225
- Guardian Angel 226
- The Prodigal Son 227
- The Hermit and Paraskovia Friday 229
- Justice 230
- Misery 231
- The Orphan Girl 232
- Misfortune 234
- Epics (Dumy) 239
- Duma about the Storm on the Black Sea 239
- The Escape of Three Brothers from Azov 242
- Kanivchenko 247
- Marusia Bohuslavka 252
- About the Widow and Her Three Sons 255
- The Stepfather 258
- Historical Songs 261
- The Dying Cossack and His Horse 261
- Baida 262
- Satirical Songs 264
- The Noblewoman 264
- Khoma and Iarema 269
- Secret Songs 273
- Zhachka 273.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0765601443
- 0765601451
- OCLC:
- 37315361
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