Ukrainian Minstrels: Why the Blind Should Sing

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Author_Natalie O. Kononenko
begging
blind musicians social history
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
Brotherhood Profile
brotherhoods
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church
Church Brotherhoods
disability in folklore
Eastern European studies
epic
Epic Songs
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ethnomusicology
Fellow Minstrel
Funeral Laments
Great Famine
guild apprenticeship systems
historical
Historical Songs
Kievan Mohyla Academy
master
Master Minstrel
Meat Hook
Minstrel's Repertory
Minstrel’s Repertory
Mother's Prayers
oral tradition studies
Ordinary Beggars
Priest's Daughter
Priest’s Daughter
religious
Religious Festivals
Religious Songs
repertory
Satirical Songs
song
songs
Soviet cultural repression
Taras Bulba
Traditional Minstrels
Traditional Minstrelsy
Ukrainian Minstrels
Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Young Man
Zaporozhian Sich

Product details

  • ISBN 9780765601452
  • Weight: 521g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Dec 1998
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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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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