Kostiantyn Zakharovych Kobzar (1921 - after 1998) was a folk violinist from the village of Mushni, Rokytne district, Rivne region.
Biography.
In his early childhood, he moved to the village of Mushni. He had no education, because there was no school in Mushni during the Polish occupation. He worked on a collective farm.
At first, he learned melodies from his father, also a violinist, later he surpassed him in his skills and began to play at weddings with senior local musicians: clarinetists "Pitom" (Petro) Yatsenko (born in 1910 in Budky village, Olevsk district, Zhytomyr region), Archyp, violinists Stanislav, "Mikhal" (Mykhailo), and Savva Pavlushenko. In the last years of his life, he constantly played with the son of Sava Pavlushenko, drummer "Mikhal" (Mykhailo) Pavlushenko, born in 1935 in the village of Mushni.
During his practice, he played violins made by folk masters Petro Yatsenko, Ivan Mykolaychuk, and a trophy violin from Germany. For recordings, he played a violin made by master Ivan Mykolaychuk in 1978.
Repertoire
Kostyantyn Zakharovych had a good command of the traditional violin style of playing and was well versed in wedding and dance music. His repertoire included:
Cossacks and hopaks ("Ocheret", "Grechanyky", "Pid haykom", "Rozkomarynskyi", "Yakiv", untitled cossacks)
Polkas ("Saturday", "Launch", "Belarusian", "Ternitsa", "Mazurka", "Oi-ra", "Hop-syasyusia", "Shabasovka", many polkas adopted from other local music)
Marches (according to him, more than 20, recorded - 8)
Waltzes ("Balamut", "Danube Waves", "Blue Shawl", waltzes without names)
Local dances ("Elephant", "Dovbeshka", "Grechka", "Lyavonikha", "Trojan")
Influential dances ("Krakowiak", "Narechenka", "Semenovna", "Barinya", foxtrot, "Shake", "Shir", "Karapet", "Yablochko")
Ritual music ("Choboty", "Hundred Years", playing for a loaf, for a glass, wedding songs)
Playing to songs
His playing was recorded by participants of many folklore expeditions: A. Zahaykevych, S. Okhrimchuk, M. Hai, I. Klymenko, V. Kovalchuk.
Discography
"Oh You, Polka Rukhlya". Traditional violin music of Rivne Polissya. Tracks - 19, 31, 33, 35, 39, 46. 2010 V. Kovalchuk, Ethno-cultural centre "Vesnianka" of the Rivne PYM.
"Traditional instrumental music". Rivne Polissia. Authentic performance. Tracks 2, 4, 12, 21, 33. 2011 V. Kovalchuk, Ethno-cultural centre "Vesnyanka" of Rivne PYD.
"Early in the morning I will go up to the mountain". Traditional music of Polissya. Part 2 Tracks - 17, 19, 27, 31: Yevhen Yefremov [and others] ; field recordings by Mykola Semynoh ; general music editor Yevhen Yefremov. 1997.
