Cossack’s songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region

Dnipropetrovsk’s Cossack songs (Ukrainian: Козацькі пісні Дніпропетровщини) or "Cossack songs" are the phenomenon of singing steppe songs (Ukrainian Cossack songs) in the Dnipropetrovsk region, listed as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection.

Cossack songs are a male singing tradition characteristic to Cossacks.

First of all, can be considered "Cossack songs" are songs in which describes Cossack campaigns (such as "Oj, huk, maty, huk" the village Kapulivka Nikopol region), songs about Cossack leaders (for example, song about Cossack’s Colonel - Daniel Nechay " Oy z-za hory ta shche y z-za lymanu" from the city Zhovti Vody) Cossack's lyrics (exmple " Iz-za hir, z-za hir" from the city Pidhorne) Cossack song (example, "Ishov kozak z Donu " from the village Velikomihaylovka, Pocrovskiy region). In these songs story told by uncertain narrator, or from the Cossack.

To some extent, "Cossack songs" can be considered the song, which describe relations between Cossacks and girl. Although these songs are usually told by the girl, while their musical language is identical to the first group of songs (perhaps with the exception of the Cossack song) (e.g. "Sadomsadom, pshenychenka lanom" from village Boundary Mezhova region).

However, not all songs about Cossacks are Cossack songs. To Cossack themes turned songwriters, created during the struggle for independence of Ukraine 1917-1921, for example, the song " Jichav kozak na vijnonku" or "Stojt kozak na chornij kruchi" These songs were performed in the villages, but older performers disparagingly called to these songs, calling them "tryndychkamy" (example, in the village Kocherezhky Pavlograds'kyy region).

Musical language of Cossack songs peculiar full and well tunes, the length of each musical phrase (folk singers from the village Kapulivka Nikopol region called this type of song "prolonged"), a significant duration of time of each music piece, even some sounds; Lyrics often "lost" in a melodic chant some warehouses; occurs as artistic device, not full singing individual words while beginning another musical phrase. When performing songs performers concentrated inherent self-absorbed, a condition close to the prayer-meditation. Cossack songs are performed without accompaniment of musical instruments, generally together (with the exception of songs belonging to the repertoire of harpers, Bandura performed solo, often accompanied by bandura, another 15 – 20 years ago could talk about balance Kobzar household tradition in Nikopol area but today the absence of continuity phenomenon is low).

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