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Author Kononenko, Natalie O

Title Ukrainian minstrels : and the blind shall sing / by Natalie Kononenko
Published Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) : illustrations
Series Folklores and folk cultures of Eastern Europe
Folklores and folk cultures of Eastern Europe.
Contents Part 1. Ukrainian Minstrelsy 1 -- Part 2. Minstrel Rites and Songs 199
Summary The blind mendicant in Ukrainian folk tradition is a little-known social order, but an important one. The singers of Ukrainian epics, these minstrels were organized into professional guilds that set standards for training and performance. Repressed during the Stalin era, this is their story
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-348) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kobzari -- History
Minstrels -- Ukraine -- History
Blind musicians -- Ukraine -- Biography
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- General.
Blind musicians
Kobzari
Manners and customs
Minstrels
Minstrelen.
Blinden.
SUBJECT Ukraine -- Social life and customs
Subject Ukraine
Oekraïne.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585212023
9780585212029
9780765601445
0765601443
9781315698533
1315698536