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 The Kobyz or kyl-kobyz is an ancient Kazakh string instrument. It has two strings made of horsehair. The resonating cavity is usually covered with goat leather. Traditionally kobyzes were sacred instruments, owned by shamans and bakses (traditional spiritual medics). According to legends, the kobyz and its music could banish evil spirits, sicknesses and death. In the 1930s, when the first folk instrument orchestras were established in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, a new kind of kobyz came into existence. It now had four metallic strings and thus became closer to a violin. Such a modernized kobyz can be used to play both Kazakh music and the most complicated works of violin literature. One of the few western musicians to use the kobyz is Trefor Goronwy. Read more...
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Курмангазы Сагырбайулы, (Құрманғазы Сағырбайұлы) - (1818, Букеевская Орда, Российская империя — 1896, Букеевская Орда, Астраханская губерния, Российская империя) — легендарный казахский народный музыкант, композитор, домбрист, автор кюев (пьес для домбры). Выходец из рода Кызылкурт. Оказал большое влияние на развитие казахской музыкальной культуры.С раннего детства занимался игрой на домбре. Рано появившаяся склонность мальчика к музыке не вызывала у отца одобрения. Мать Курмангазы Алка, человек яркой индивидуальности и сильной воли, наоборот, разделяла любовь сына к музыке и поддерживала его. |
