Nice post, nice to read. thanks Ukrainian Orthodox I was thinking. I knew only of Greek Orthodox but not of Greek Catholics. Nice to read your thoughts Very nice link above and I recommend it to anyone. Maybe this is become "musical historians" This is a small quote from that link, so it is nice. .......... .............. .............. ............. "The first group of cylinders to be duplicated will be those containing the music of the blind minstrels whose musical repertory contained some of the most important national symbols in Ukrainian culture. They sang the epics known today as dumy, of the exploits of the Cossacks, as well as of village life, and provided the village with examples of an upright and moral life. They also carried a unique religious repertory, especially the psal'my, based on religious, non-liturgical texts, primarily of village origin..."
................. > myron postolan <[email protected]> Oct 18 12:46PM +0300 ^ > > I don't want to get side tracked by religious debate but there were two main > religious beliefs/churches in Ukraine - and still is. > Orthodox (which itself is split into 3 categories), and Greek Catholics > which are similar to Roman Catholics but with special dispensations from > Rome eg. priests are allowed to be married if they were so before they took > their final vows. > > Lirnyky played outside/near to churches( and market/ bazars) because that's > where the people cum potential income was - regardless of denomination hence > the spiritual,religious and moral content of their repertoire. > > On the question of wax/cylindrical recordings of lirnyky please read the > following - go down the page to an incredible artcle by William Noll ; > > http://www.loc.gov/folklife/news/Spring93.txt > > Hope this might be of interest to many HG enthusiasts. > > Keep the wheel turning > Perebendya > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
