Ukrainian Minstrels: Why the Blind Should Sing: And the Blind Shall Sing

Contents

• 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