The
kobzari
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 by ...
of the Slobozhan bandura tradition were kobzari who lived in the ''Slobozhan region'' around the city of
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.[Ukraine
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. They include
Petro Drevchenko
Petro Semenovych Drevchenko (1863 – 1934) was also known by the surname of Drevkin and Drygavka.
Biography
Drevchenko was born in 1863 in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (in present-day Ukraine) to a family of servants. From th ...
,
Pavlo Hashchenko
Pavlo Ivanovych Hashchenko ( -1933) was a Ukrainian kobzar and bandura player.
Hashchenko was originally from Poltava province but lived most of his life in the village of Konstantynivka, Bohodukhiv county, Kharkiv province.
Among the kobzar ...
,
Hnat Honcharenko,
Horobetz,
F. Hrytsenko-Kholodny,
Hryhory Kozhushko
Hryhoriy ( uk, Григо́рій, Hryhórij ), sometimes Hryhory, may refer to:
*Hryhory Alchevsky (1866–1920), prominent Ukrainian and minor Russian composer
*Hryhoriy Baranets (born 1986), professional Ukrainian football midfielder
*Hryhory B ...
,
Ivan Kuchuhura Kucherenko
Ivan Iovych Kuchuhura-Kucherenko ( uk, Іван Іович Кучугура-Кучеренко; July 7, 1878 – November 24, 1937) was a Ukrainian minstrel (kobzar) and one of the most influential kobzars of the early 20th century. For hi ...
,
Ivan Netesa,
Odnorih,
,
Mykola Ryhorenko and
P. Trotchenko.
The traditions and playing technique used by the Slobozhan
bandurists
A banduryst ( uk, бандури́ст) is a person who plays the Ukrainian plucked string instrument known as the bandura.
Types of performers
There are a number of different types of bandurist who differ in their particular choice of instrume ...
became the basis for the academic
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.[Hnat Khotkevych
Hnat Martynovych Khotkevych ( uk, Гнат Мартинович Хоткевич, also ''Gnat Khotkevich'' or ''Hnat Khotkevych'', born December 31, 1877 – died October 8, 1938) was a Ukrainian writer, ethnographer, playwright, composer, musico ...]
.
Ukrainian music people
Kobzarstvo
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