Three-volume academic edition with 47 restored authentic Cossack songs. Release 24 August 2026 with Ukrainian Cultural Foundation support.
The Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and the Rylsky Institute of Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology of NAS of Ukraine publish the three-volume academic edition 'Cossack Dumy: Authentic Sound' on 24 August 2026 on Independence Day. Author-compiler — Taras Kompanychenko, based on his 40 years of restoration work with Cossack songs. Total volume — 1248 pages, 47 songs with full scientific apparatus. Edition structure: Volume 1 — 'Cossack Dumy' (historical dumy of the 16th-17th centuries, 18 songs); Volume 2 — 'Cossack Dances' (dance motifs, 16 songs); Volume 3 — 'Cossack Lyric' (love, family, religious motifs, 13 songs). Each song is accompanied by: 1) notational record in two formats (instrumental + vocal); 2) historical commentary; 3) dialect analysis of language; 4) suggested stage interpretation. Separate value — addition of a comprehensive audio: 3-CD set with 47 Kompanychenko performances in solo-kobza format (195 minutes total). Recording took place at MUSCOLO Studio in Kyiv from 2024 to 2026. The edition is available in two formats: 1) hardcover in a case with audio CD (for academic libraries, 4500 UAH); 2) simplified two-volume version with digital audio (for mass reader, 1200 UAH). First print run — 2500 copies. In 2027 a translation of three volumes into English is planned for distribution to Western libraries.
