Ukrainian minstrels : and the blind shall sing /

Main Author: Kononenko, Natalie O.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Linda J. Ivanits
  • Pt. 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
  • Pt. 2.Minstrel Rites and Songs
  • A Religious Festival
  • The MinstrelInitiation Rite
  • The Begging Song and the Song of Gratitude
  • Religious Songs
  • Epics (Dumy)
  • Historical Songs
  • Satirical Songs
  • Secret Songs.