Kobzarstvo

A bandura ( ) is a Ukrainian plucked-string folk-instrument. It combines elements of the zither and lute and, up until the 1940s, was also often called a kobza. Early instruments () had 5 to 12 strings and resembled lutes. In the 20th century, the number of strings increased initially to 31 strings (1926), then to 56 strings – 68 strings on modern "concert" instruments (1954).

legendary character in Ukrainian folklore

The kobza (), also called bandura (), is a Ukrainian folk music instrument of the lute family (Hornbostel–Sachs classification number 321.321-5+6), a relative of the Central European mandora. The term kobza however, has also been applied to a number of other Eastern European instruments distinct from the Ukrainian kobza.

sung epic poem originating in Ukraine

Ukrainian writer, ethnographer, playwright, composer, musicologist, and bandurist

Ukrainian noble (1709-1771)

Polish and Ukrainian musician and poet (1801–1871)

Legendary heroine

Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer (1871-1947)

political organization founded by Ukrainian emigrants from Russian-controlled Dnieper Ukraine

music genre

Ukrainian bandurist and kobzar (1904–1972)

The torban (, also teorban or Ukrainian theorbo) is a Ukrainian musical instrument that combines the features of the Baroque lute with those of the psaltery. The Torban differs from the more common European bass lute known as the theorbo in that it had additional short unfretted treble strings (known as prystrunky) strung along the treble side of the soundboard.

Ukrainian painter, graphic artist and ethnographer (1855-1933)

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American artist

Ukrainian bandurist, composer, bandura maker, and folk musician (1890–1982)

thumb|150px|Kharkiv bandurist H. Bazhul A bandurist () is a person who plays the Ruthenian plucked string instrument known as the bandura.

Ukrainian folkloric ensemble

Ukrainian instrument

vocal-instrumental ensemble

Ukrainian bandurist, kobzar, composer, conductor, and folk musician (1907–1984)

Ukrainian bandurist, kobzar, and folk musician (1926–1981)