Ostap Weressai

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Ostap Weressai

Ostap Mykytowytsch Weressai ( Ukrainian Остап Микитович Вересай * 1803 in Kaljuschynzi , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire ; † April 1890 in Sokyrynzi , Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire) was a Ukrainian Kobzar and singer ( tenor ).

Life

Ostap Weressai, who came from a poor, musical Ukrainian family, was blind from his early teens. From 1818 he studied the play of sound instrument Kobsa . In the 1850s he became friends with the painter Lev Schemchuschnikow .

From the 1860s he was the most famous player of Ukrainian folklore and historical songs. Ethnologists like Oleksandr Russow and Pavlo Tschubynskyj became aware of him and studied Weressai's art of playing. Mykola Lyssenko wrote a monograph on the works of his repertoire.

In 1871 he appeared in Kiev for the first time and in 1873 he played at a specially convened meeting of the Southwestern Department of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society . In 1875 he traveled with Lysenko and Chubynskyj to St. Petersburg , where he also received a lot of attention.

Honors

In 2003 the Ukrainian National Bank issued a two hryvnia commemorative coin with his portrait on the occasion of Ostap Weressai's 200th birthday .

  • Ostap Weressai's grave

  • Ukrainian 2 ₴ coin from 2003

  • Illustration in the book "Land und Menschen. Allgemeine Geographie" (B.5), Élisée Reclus , 1880

Web links

Commons : Ostap Weressai  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Lev Schemchuschnykow in the Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine ; accessed on August 12, 2018 (Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ Article on Ostap Weressai in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine ; accessed on October 11, 2016
  3. ^ Short biography Ostap Weressai in the Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine of the Ukrainian Institute for History; accessed on October 11, 2016 (Ukrainian)
  4. ^ Website of the National Bank of Ukraine ; accessed on October 11, 2016 (Ukrainian)
personal data
SURNAME Weressai, Ostap
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Вересай, Остап Микитович (Ukrainian); Weressai, Ostap Mykytowytsch (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalyuschynzi , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH April 1890
Place of death Sokyrynzi , Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire