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"Ukrainian Minstrels: and the blind shall sing" by Natalie Kononenko
Virtual Bandura Museum
More N. Kononenko fotos at U. of Virginia
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Ukrainian Minstrels
by Natalie Kononenko
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Kobzar Ostap Veresai and his wife Kulyna. The photograph was taken in 1873 when
Veresai performed at the Archeological Congress in Kyiv. Veresai is probably the best known of
the nineteenth century minstrels. He had exceptional musical ability and caught the attention of
the painter Lev Zhemchuzhnikov who introduced him to scholars and other intellectuals. Veresai
even traveled to St. Petersburg to perform before the tsar.
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