Dumka (musical genre)
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Dumka is a musical term introduced from the Ukrainian language, with cognates in other Slavic languages. The word dumka literally means "thought". Originally, it was the diminutive form of the Ukraini
Jarema's dumka (1879), a painting by Stanisław Masłowski in the National Museum in Warsaw.
Kobza
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The kobza, also called bandura, is a Ukrainian folk music instrument of the lute family, a relative of the Central European mandora. The term kobza however, has also been applied to a number of other
Dumka (musical genre)
…accompanying himself on the bandura. Lysenko's study was the first to specifically analyse the melodies and the accompaniment played on the bandura, kobza or lira of the epic dumy. A natural part of the process of transferring the traditional folk form to a formal classical milieu was the appropriation…
18th century kobza
Cossack with a kobza, watercolor drawing, published in 1847
Kobzar Ostap Veresai playing a bandura, 19th century
The instruments are made today in prima (soprano), alto and tenor and contrabass sizes