The kobzari of the Slobozhan bandura tradition were kobzari who lived in Sloboda Ukraine around the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.[1] They include Petro Drevchenko, Pavlo Hashchenko, Hnat Honcharenko, Horobetz, F. Hrytsenko-Kholodny, Hryhory Kozhushko, Ivan Kuchuhura Kucherenko, Ivan Netesa, Odnorih, Stepan Pasiuha, Mykola Ryhorenko and P. Trotchenko.
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The traditions and playing technique used by the Slobozhan bandurists became the basis for the academic Kharkiv school of bandura playing developed by Hnat Khotkevych.
References
edit- ^ Moroz, Myroslav Oleksandrovych (1999). Bibliohrafii︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkoho narodoznavstva u 3-kh tomakh: Folʹklorystyka, kn. 1-2 (in Ukrainian). Instytut narodoznavstva NAN Ukraïny. ISBN 978-966-02-0822-3.