Natalie O Kononenko: 1 book
Ukrainian Minstrels: Why the Blind Should Sing
And the Blind Shall Sing
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
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.
