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Ukraine: Traditional Music

Various Artists
Ukraine: Traditional Music Modern-day Ukraine is the largest country entirely within Europe, bordering Russia to the east, Moldova and Romania to the southwest, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west, Belarus to the north, and the Black Sea to the south. Its varied terrain and interaction with neighbors have defined the specific regional characteristics of Ukraine’s folklore.

Traditional Ukrainian music fits into one of two broad categories: ritual and non-ritual. Ritual folk songs are generally older and include incantations, lamentations, calendar songs, and wedding songs. Non-ritual songs include dumy, or historical and political songs, and lyric songs of love, family life, and lullabies. This collection of 34 folk songs was recorded prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the subsequent independence of Ukraine in 1991.

Track Listing

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Trembita players and folk orchestra of the Ivano Frankivsk region
00:55
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102
Folk ensemble of Ivanivka village, Yarmolyntsi district, Khmelnytskyi region
01:30
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103
Folk ensemble of Stari Koni village, Zarichnenskyi district, Rivne region
00:41
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104
Pelageia Kovtunovych and folk ensemble of Vovchytsi village, Zarichnenskyi district, Rivne region
01:16
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105
Folk ensemble of Krasylivka village, Zhytomyr region
00:58
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106
Folk ensemble of Stari Koni village, Zarichnenskyi district, Rivne region
01:41
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107
J. Pavliuk, V. lliuk, M. Maximiuk
01:06
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108
Dominika Tchekun
01:25
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109
Folk ensemble of Ivanivka village, Yarmolyntsi distrcit, Khmelnytskyi region
01:56
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110
Folk ensemble of Lipniki village, Zhytomyr region
01:24
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111
Folk ensemble of Kozelets village, Chernihiv region
01:43
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112
Choral ensemble of Klyntsi village, Ovruch district, Zhytomyr region
01:18
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113
Orchestra of folk instruments of the Forest Industry of the Transcarpathian region
06:34
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114
Folk ensemble of Vovchok village, Kozelets district, Chernihiv region
01:26
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115
Folk ensemble of Alexeyevka village, Starosyniavs'kiy District, Khmelnytskyi region
02:19
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116
M. Netchai
01:39
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117
F. Jarko
06:55
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118
Dominika Tchekun and Nadejhda Tchekun
01:49
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119
Anton Huzak and folk ensemble of Teresva village, Rahkiv district, Transcarpathian region
02:32
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120
Folk ensemble of Polissya village, Sosnytsia district, Chernihiv region
01:29
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121
Ivan Kovalchuk of Ivankivtsi village, Starosyniavk'kiy district, Khmelnytskyi region
01:57
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122
Choral ensemble of Kovalykha village, Smila district, Cherkasy region
01:46
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123
Instrumental ensemble of Zherdino village, Chemerivtsi district, Khmelnytskyi region
01:12
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124
Anna Movtchan of Ivan village, Murovani Kurylivtsi district, Vinnystia region
01:43
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125
Vasil Nechepa
03:37
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126
Folk ensemble of Bohuslavka village, Kharkiv district
01:34
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127
Vladimir Trachuk, Victor Panchuk, Vladimir Zherebets, Valentina Tarassova
00:51
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128
Uliana Kot
01:37
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129
Folk ensemble of Ostriv village, Busk district, Lviv region
01:21
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130
Roman, Ivan and Vasily Vatamaniuk
04:23
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131
Rosa Zhuk, Liudmilla Chijhuk, Maria Dorodko
02:00
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132
A. Kozitski, M. Bugrim, I. Chikhar, G. Pekar
01:00
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133
Folk ensemble of Kybytsi village, Myrhorod district, Poltava region
03:01
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134
Petr Terpeliuk and folk ensemble of song and dance "Vesselka" of the House of Culture of Dolyna
03:05