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About Dumka
Dumka is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of poetry and music of Ukraine.
From Wikipedia
Dumka (Ukrainian: думка, romanized: dúmka, plural думки, dúmky) is a musical term introduced from the Ukrainian language, with cognates in other Slavic languages. The word dumka literally means "thought". Originally, it was the diminutive form of the Ukrainian term duma, pl. dumy, "a Slavic (specifically Ukrainian) epic ballad … generally thoughtful or melancholic in character". Classical composers drew on the harmonic patterns in the folk music to inform their more formal classical compositions.
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Parent genres (↑) and subgenres (↓) of Dumka.
- ↑ poetry
- ↑ music of Ukraine
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What is Dumka?
Dumka is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of poetry and music of Ukraine.
Sources & credits
- Wikidata Q1265067 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Dumka (musical genre) – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dvořák - String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 51 (B92) - II. Dumka. Andante con… by Antonín Dvořák – Public domain