Natalie O. Kononenko

Ukrainian Minstrels: Why the Blind Should Sing (eBook, ePUB)

And the Blind Shall Sing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317453130
• Artikelnr.: 43404294

Autorenporträt

Natalie O. Kononenko

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part 1. Ukrainian Minstrelsy 1. The Singers 2. The Traditional Repertory: An Overview 3. Common Stereotypes of Minstrels 4. Blindness 5. Minstrel Institutions: The Brotherhoods or Guilds 6. Apprenticeship, Training, and Initiation 7. Learning Minstrel Songs 8. Minstrel Guilds and the Orthodox Church 9. Minstrelsy and Martyrdom: The Influence of Religious Song on the Epic 10. Epic and Lament: The Influence of Kobzari on Lirnyky
Conclusion
Part 2. Minstrel Rites and Songs
Texts: A Religious Festival
The Minstrel Initiation Rite
Songs: The Begging Song and the Song of Gratitude
The Begging Song of a Lirnyk
As sung by Lirnyk Mykolai Doroshenko
As sung by Kobzar Pavlo Hashchenko
Religious Songs: Lazarus
Saint Barbara
The Passion of Christ
Guardian Angel
The Prodigal Son
The Hermit and Paraskovia Friday
Justice
Misery
The Orphan Girl
Misfortune
Epics (Dumy): Duma about the Storm on the Black Sea
The Escape of Three Brothers from Azov
Kanivchenko
Marusia Bohuslavka
About the Widow and Her Three Sons
The Stepfather
Historical Songs: The Dying Cossack and His Horse
Baida
Satirical Songs: The Noblewoman
Khoma and Iarema
Secret Songs: Zhachka
Bibliographic Essay