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Dnipropetrovsk Cossack songs (Ukrainian: Козацькі пісні ... Cossack songs are nowadays often performed by women, but rarely in mixed groups. UNESCO's ...
'The Cossack Rode beyond the Danube') is one of the most famous Ukrainian folk songs. It was written by the Ukrainian philosopher and poet Semen Klymovsky. Under the name "Schöne Minka" it also became popular in Germany. [1] The German title comes from the first words of a poem by Christoph August Tiedge, "Schöne Minka, ich muß scheiden ...
Zaporozhets za Dunayem (Ukrainian: Запорожець за Дунаєм, translated as A Zaporozhian Beyond the Danube, also referred to as Cossacks in Exile) is a Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873) about Cossacks of the Danubian Sich.
This causes a great dilemma in the church because the Cossacks were defenders of the faith, and since they lost, and the faith is infallible, the Cossacks themselves must have done something sinful. [6] This is why a duma has a great religious undertone and is a song that tells of death and defeat, not of victory. [7]
Over time, the work was translated for the military orchestras of the Red Army and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, such as "Ukrainian March" by Simon Chernetsky. In the 1970s, a version of the song performed by the Kuban Cossack Choir with the refrain "Marusya once, two, three viburnums" became widely known. [8]
In Ukraine the national revival of late 1980s led to the appreciation of Cossack history and culture as symbols of the Ukrainian nation. Cossack symbols and songs were widely used in mass events and demobstrations, particularly during the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Zaporozhian Sich in 1990. A number of Ukrainian Cossack ...
A few songs before the end of an anniversary concert this fall by one of the most popular Ukrainian bands, Okean Elzy, an air raid was announced in Kyiv. Part of the audience went down to the ...
Hopak (Ukrainian: гопа́к, IPA:) is a Ukrainian folk dance originating as a male dance among the Zaporozhian Cossacks, but later danced by couples, male soloists, and mixed groups of dancers. It is performed most often as a solitary concert dance by amateur and professional Ukrainian dance ensembles, as well as other performers of folk ...