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Re: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 1779

At 12:10 AM 1/13/01 -0500, you wrote:
>the Ukrainian "kobza," formerly used by the gentry there, is obsolete

Do you mean the spelling or the instrument?  The Ukrainians I've talked to 
for (very limited) field work talk about kobzar players in the present 
tense.  It may not be widely played, but has it died out entirely in 
Ukraine?  Isn't kobzar one of the instruments used by the Ukrainian group 
from Winnipeg, Paris to Kyev (of the Night Songs of Neighboring Villages 
combo w/Brave Old World fame)?  Just wondering....

Shira



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