Prokip Mykolaiovych (Dubenko), pseudonym Dub, mistakenly Chub (1841, Makiivka, Nizhyn district, Chernihiv province, Russian Empire (now Nosiv district, Chernihiv region) - 1903) - kobzar.
At the age of four, he became blind. At the age of 16, he began studying with kobzar Ovsiy in Konotop and then with P. Bratytsia. He went along with Pavlo Bratytsia and Fedir Kozhukhivskyi. Vasyl Horlenko wrote in 1883 that Dubov had a willow bandura made by a master and was paid 1 karbovanets for the work.
Ludwik Kuba made a portrait of him and described the bandura. The bandura had 4 basses (G, C, D, and G) and 16 strings (from A in the key of G major from A to B).
In 1901, Dub was already old and unable to hold the bandura.
He sang a duet with kobzar Pavlo Bratytsia.
Dubenko's kobza had 4 long strings - basses (G, D, Re, G) for low accompanying voices and 16 short strings (A, C, D, Re, E, F sharp, G, A, C, D, Re, E, F sharp, A, C) for high voices (according to Ludwik Kuba).
Repertoire
The repertoire includes dumas ("About B. Khmelnytsky and Barabash", "About the Three Azov Brothers", "About Cossack Holota"), spiritual and humorous songs, psalms and songs of satirical content, as well as dance tunes.
According to A. Malynka, P. M. Dub (he mistakenly spelled Chub) did not play dumas.
According to N. F. Sumtsov, kobzars Panas Bratytsia and Prokip Dub sang dumas in Nizhyn: "About Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Barabash", "About the Three Brothers of Azov", "About Cossack Holota", as well as spiritual and humorous songs.
Students
Petro Garasko
Vlasko Semen
