MIKROKOSMOS V:
UKRAINIAN BAROQUE & CLASSICAL ERAS: THE REPERTOIRE
Last update: September 7, 2024
CHAPTER I :: UKRAINE IN THE 18th CENTURY: General outlook
CHAPTER II :: UKRAINIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Historical context
CHAPTER III-a :: TORBAN: Its origins and predecessors
CHAPTER III-b :: TORBAN: Illustrated Overview of Surviving Instruments
CHAPTER IV-a :: UKRAINIAN MUSIC: Renaissance Lute
CHAPTER IV-b :: Baroque & Classical Eras
CHAPTER IV-c :: Baroque Lute & Torban
CHAPTER V :: PERSONALITIES: Known players and literary citations
ICONOGRAPHY :: REGIONAL: Lutes in Early Eastern Europe
CONTACT :: QUESTIONS
UKRAINIAN SONGS WITH TORBAN/BAROQUE-LUTE ACCOMPANIMENT are located HERE.
TORBAN/BAROQUE LUTE SOLOS
136.***
135.***
134.***
133.***
132.***
131.***
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130.***
129.***
128.***
127.***
126.***
TOMBEAU Sur La Mort de Kalnyshevsky - a , MP3
125.***
MUSETTE: "DOVBUSH" - d, Theorbo version - a - PDF
124.***
MUSETTE: "NA IVANA, NA KUPALA" - d, MP3
123.***
122.***
121.***
"KOLO MOJI XATY ZACVILY BLAVATY -A ", MP3
120.***
"KOLO MOJI XATY ZACVILY BLAVATY"-C, MP3
119.***
"OJ TAM NA GHORI TRAVKA SJA KOLYSHE", MP3
118.***
ARIETTE "SHCHE NE VMERLA UKRAINA", MP3
Thomas Shall video LIVE:
117.***
ARIETTE "ZAKVICHALY DIVCHATON'KA" avec sept doubles (d) PDF, MP3
STUART WALSH video LIVE - (7-string guitar)
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116.***
"KOSAKENTANZ" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
115.***
ROMANCE "OJ U VYSHNEVOMU SADU " (d)-[PDF],[MP3], Stuart Walsh (7string guitar LIVE) - [MP3], Roland Keunings (6string guitar LIVE) - [MP3]
- Videos by Bernhard Hofstoetter, Chia Ten and Roland Keunings:
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114.***
"KOLOMYJKA" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
113.***
BALLADE: "MAZEPA I " (d)-[PDF], [MP3]*
112.***
BALLADE: "MAZEPA II" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]Archlute version videos by Andreas Duecker and Thomas Schall:
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111.***
ARIETTA: "CHERVENA RUZHA " (a)-[PDF], [MP3],[MP3] -LIVE, by John Schneidermann (Baroque Lute)
110.***
ARIETTA: "OJ NE XODY MISJACHEN' KU " (d)-[PDF], [MP3]109.***
ARIETTA: "OJ NE XODY MISJACHEN' KU " (e)-[PDF], [MP3]108.***
ARIETTE: "OJ XODYLA DIVCHYNA BERIZHKOM " (a)-[PDF], [MP3],[MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute)
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107.***
"SHUMKA" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]106.***
ARIETTA "OJ ZAPYV KOZAK " (d)-[PDF], [MP3]105.***
ARIETTA "U SUSIDA XATA BILA" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]104.***
ARIETTA "BUD MY ZDOROVAJA" I (a)-[PDF], [MP3]103.***
ARIETTA "BUD MY ZDOROVAJA" IIa (a)-[PDF], [MP3]102.***
ARIETTA "BUD MY ZDOROVAJA" IIb (a)-[PDF], [MP3]101.***
ARIETTA VARIATA "KATERYNA" (a)-[PDF], [MP3]-LIVE by Jan Grüter (Baroque Lute) Videos by Christopher Wilke and Sergio Pes*
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BALLO RUTENO VARIATO "KATERYNA" (a)-[PDF], [MP3]99.***
BALLO RUTENO VARIATO "GRECHANYKY" (c)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE by Magnus Andersson (Baroque Lute)
98.***
BALLO RUTENO VARIATO "GRECHANYKY" (C)-[PDF], [MP3], Sergio Pes (Guitar - Video)
97.***
ARIETTE AVEC SIX DOUBLES "OJ UCHORA " II (a)-[PDF], [MP3],[MP3]-LIVE, by Trond Bengtson, [MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute)
96.***
ARIA "DOBROGHO VOJA" (a)-[PDF], [MP3]95.***
ARIETTE AVEC SIX DOUBLES "OJ UCHORA " I (a)-[PDF], [MP3]93-94.***
ARIETTE AVEC QUATRE DOUBLES "OJ TY PTASHKO " (d)-[PDF], [MP3] *** [PDF], [MP3]92.***
ARIETTE AVEC HUIT DOUBLES "OJ XODYV CHUMAK" (g)-[PDF], [MP3],[MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute)
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91.***
ARIETTE AVEC DEUX DOUBLES "OJ CHORNA JA" (c)-[PDF], [MP3]
89-90.***
ARIETTE AVEC DEUX DOUBLES "OJ CHORNA JA" (d-long versio)-[PDF], [MP3][MP3]-LIVE, by Daniel Shoskes, Daniel Estrem - LIVE VIDEO:
ARIETTE AVEC DEUX DOUBLES "OJ CHORNA JA" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
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BURLAKY II (a)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (fragment, 7string guitar)
87.***
OJ NA GHORI (a)-[PDF], [MP3]87.***
MARUSEN'KA PO SADU XODYLA (a)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute)
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86.***
KRACHE, KRACHE (a)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by John Schneidermann (Baroque Lute),
Sergio Pes (Guitar - Video)
85.***
ARIETTE "ODNA GHORA VYSOKAJA - II" AVEC SIX DOUBLES (d)-[PDF], [MP3],
[MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (fragment, 7string guitar)
84.***
ARIETTE "ODNA GHORA VYSOKAJA - I" AVEC DIX DOUBLES (d)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (fragment, 7string guitar)
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ARIETTE "DO MAXNOVCIV VYRJADZHALA " AVEC QUARTE DOUBLES (a)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTE "DUMKA" AVEC CINQ DOUBLES (d)-[PDF], [MP3],
[MP3] -LIVE, by Bernhard Hoffstötter, [MP3] -LIVE, by Jan Grüter , [MP3] -LIVE, by Michele Carreca (Baroque Lute)
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80.***
RONDEAU "MISIAC' I ZIRON'KY" (C)-[PDF], [MP3]
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79.***
ARIETTE VARIEE "MISIAC' I ZIRON'KY" (C)-[PDF], [MP3]
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NOEL VARIEE "NOVA RADIST' STALA" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ U GHAJU PRY DUNAJU" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
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MISJAC NA NEBI (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ NE XODY GHRYTSJU - II " (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ NE XODY GHRYTSJU" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]72.***
ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ NE XODY GHRYTSJU" (d - guitar version)-[PDF], transcribed and premiered by Fernando Lewis de Mattos.71.***
ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ NE XODY GHRYTSJU" (c - archlute version)-[PDF]
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MAZURKA (a)-[PDF], [MP3]69.***
MAZURKA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
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BALLO RUTENO (a)-[PDF], [MP3]67.***
PLYVE KACHA (a)-[PDF], [MP3]66.***
ARIETTA: U SUSIDA XATA BILA (d)-[PDF], [MP3]65.***
ARIETTA: BULA SOBI MARUSJA (d- Edinburgh version)-[PDF], [MP3],[MP3] -LIVE, by Bernhard Hoffstötter (Baroque Lute), Sergio Pes (Guitar - VIDEO)
64.***
ARIETTA: BULA SOBI MARUSJA (d)-[PDF], [MP3]63.***
ARIETTA: XODYT' GHARBUZ PO GHORODU (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
60-62.***
KOZACHOK (a)-[PDF], [MP3]59.***
LIED OHNE WORTE IV (solo, a)-[PDF], [MP3]58.***
LIED OHNE WORTE IV (duo a)-[PDF], [MP3]
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LIED OHNE WORTE III (g)-[PDF], [MP3] , [MP3-DUO]
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LIED OHNE WORTE II (g)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3-DUO]55.***
DUMKA I (d)-[PDF], [MP3]53-54.***
O VOZLJUBLENNYJ SYNE (a- ornamented version)-[PDF],
O VOZLJUBLENNYJ SYNE (a)-[PDF],
51-52.***
OJ U POLI (a)-[PDF], [MP3] (Archlute version [PDF]), [MP3] -LIVE, by Julia Fedorova (Baroque Lute)
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DUMA PRO SAVCHUKA II (a)-[PDF], [MP3]49.***
A TOMBEAU on the death of Grygory Skovoroda: TOMBEAU-PDF TOMBEAU-MP3
48.***
PODOLJANOCHKA II (a)-[PDF], [OGG]47.***
PODOLJANOCHKA I (a)-[PDF], [OGG]46.***
STOIT' JAVIR NAD VODOJU (a)-[PDF], [MP3] (Air with two Doubles)45.***
NALYVAJMO, BRATTJA, KRYSHTALEVI CHASHI (g)-[PDF],44.***
PYTAET'SJA VITER V SMERTI (a)-[PDF],
43.***
HTO GHORJA NE ZNAE, HAJ MENE SPYTAE (a)-[PDF],[MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute), [MP3] -LIVE, by Roman Turovsky(Baroque Lute)
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42.***
CHORNII BROVY (a)-[PDF], [MP3]-LIVE, by Jason Yoshida (Baroque Lute)41.***
VERSHE MIJ (d)-[PDF],40.***
KLEINRUSSISCHE LIED OHNE WORTE (g)-[PDF], [MP3]39.***
KRACHE, KRACHE (g)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute)*
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JAROM, JAROM (g)-[PDF], [MP3]-LIVE, by Roman Turovsky (Baroque Lute)* *
37.***
JAROM, JAROM (a)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3]-LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute)36.***
PRALJA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]- LIVE, by Jason Yoshida (Baroque Lute)35.***
STOIT' JAVIR I (a)-[PDF], [MP3]34.***
STOIT' JAVIR II (g)-[PDF], [MP3]33.***
IDE GHOMIN (d)-[PDF],32.***
BULO V KYIVI (a)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3]-LIVE, by Roman Turovsky (Baroque Lute)
30-31.***
DIVCHYNIO-NEBOGHO II (a)-[PDF],29.***
VITRY-VIJUT' (d)-[PDF],28.***
KOLYSKOVA (a)-[PDF],27.***
PASLA HALJA PAWY (C)-[PDF],
26.***
BURLAKY (a)-[PDF], [MP3]*
25.***
PODOROZH (g)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (Baroque Lute)24.***
NICH' TAKA JASNAJA - I [PDF], [MP3]23.***
NICH' TAKA JASNAJA - II [PDF], [MP3]22.***
ZAKUVALA TA SYVA ZOZULJA-[PDF]21.***
OJ CHOGHOZH TY ZAZHURYVSJA-[PDF], [MP3]20.***
KOLYSKOVA-I-[PDF],19.***
KOZAKY-[PDF],18.***
VZJYAV BY JA TORBANA-[PDF], [MP3]16-17.***
POJU-KONJA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]14-15.***
9-12.***
DIVCHYNO IV (d) [PDF], [MP3], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (7-string guitar)
8.***
CHOGHO ZH VODA KALAMUTNA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
7.***
ROMANCE- (d) [PDF] (Video by Rob MacKillop),
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MISJAC NA NEBI (g)-[PDF], [VIDEO], by Stewart Walsh (Baroque Lute)
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TRY KRYNYCHEN'KY (g)-[PDF], (a)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Jason Yoshida (Baroque Lute)
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ZHYDIVOCHKA NA SELI III (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ZHYDIVOCHKA NA SELI II (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ZHYDIVOCHKA NA SELI I (g)-[PDF] (Prysvjachuetsja druzhini...), [MP3]
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The torban has approximately 30 strings made of gut [6-8 of them stoppable on the fingerboard, and these often were double], although instruments having up to 60 strings are reported to have existed [the doubling of stoppable and bass strings makes this realistic].The Humenyuk book on the Ukrainian folk instruments (1930) reprint a rather peculiar tuning system first given by Lysenko in 1892:Trebles/Prystrunky: 12 or 13 single strings from f up to c/d in the f-major scale.Main strings/Vtory: 4 single fingerboard frettable strings, bottom to top: c, f, a, c.Basses on the fingerboard, octave strung, bottom to top: c, d, f, Bb,Basses off the fingerboard, octave strung, bottom to top: f, a, Bb, REPEATED TWICE, logic unclear, possibly an error and octave stinging was intended.
Low single basses/Bayorky, bottom to top, in THIS particular order: d, c, f, Eb.