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Pavlo Ivanovych Hashchenko ( -1933) was a
Ukrainian
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* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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kobzar
A ''kobzar'' ( ua, кобзар, pl. kobzari ua, кобзарі) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed bandura or kobza.
Tradition
Kobzars were often blind and became predominantly so b ...
and
bandura
A bandura ( uk, банду́ра) is a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument. It combines elements of the zither and lute and, up until the 1940s, was also often referred to by the term kobza. Early instruments (c. 1700) had 5 to 12 strings ...
player.
Hashchenko was originally from
Poltava province but lived most of his life in the village of Konstantynivka,
Bohodukhiv
left
Bohodukhiv ( uk, Богодухів, russian: Богодухов - ''Bogodukhov'') is a city in Kharkiv Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Bohodukhiv Raion (district). Bohodukhiv hosts the administratio ...
county,
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.[XIIth Archeological Conference The XIIth Archeological Congress Kharkiv, 1902 was one of a number of Archeological Conferences known as Congresses held in Russian Empire. These Conferences were hosted by a different city of the Russian Empire every three years.
The 1902 the XIIt ...]
held in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.[Opanas Slastion
Opanas Heorhiiovych Slastion ( uk, Опанас Георгійович Сластіон, – September 24, 1933) was a Ukrainian graphic artist, painter, and ethnographer.
He was born in the port town of Berdiansk (now Ukraine) on the Berdya ...]
painted a portrait of Hashchenko and noted that Hashchenko knew four ''
dumy'' (sung epic poems).
After the performance at the
XIIth Archeological Conference The XIIth Archeological Congress Kharkiv, 1902 was one of a number of Archeological Conferences known as Congresses held in Russian Empire. These Conferences were hosted by a different city of the Russian Empire every three years.
The 1902 the XIIt ...
Hashchenko performed at a numerous other
kobzar
A ''kobzar'' ( ua, кобзар, pl. kobzari ua, кобзарі) was an itinerant Ukrainian bard who sang to his own accompaniment, played on a multistringed bandura or kobza.
Tradition
Kobzars were often blind and became predominantly so b ...
concerts, but without much fanfare, quietly and unobtrusively. There unfortunately is scant information in written sources about this kobzar.
Students
* Makarij Tymofiyevych Khrystenko (1914)
*
I. Kuchuhura-Kucherenko
* S. Hryn'ko
* A. Maliovanyj
Sources
* Mishalow, V. and M. - ''Ukrains'ki kobzari-bandurysty'' - Sydney, Australia, 1986
* Khotkevych, Hnat - ''Materialy pro kobzariv ta lirnykiv'' - Lviv, Fond #688
* Humeniuk, A. - ''Ukrainski narodni muzychni instrumentsy'' - Kyiv 1967, p 79
References
Kobzars
Bandurists
Ukrainian musicians
1933 deaths
Year of birth missing
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