Blake Shelton - You Cant Make This Up

KRIVOPOLENOVA Maria Dmitrievna [19 (31) III, according to other sources 8 (20) IV 1843, village Ust-Yezhug, now Pinezhsky district, Arkhangelsk region. - 2 II 1924, village Veegora, on the Pinega River] - USA. owls Narstoryteller, performer of songs. Rod in a poor peasant family. Grandfather K. - M. Kabalin was Nar. a narrator who transferred her skill to her. K. sang antiquities with her sister Martha. Subsequently, in her repertoire were epics, buffoons, and historian. and lyric. songs, spiritual verses. The unique epic “Vavilo and the buffoons” is known only in a recording by K. The performance of the storyteller was distinguished by musicality and deep emotionality. Great value for creative. fate K. had her meeting in 1915 with the collector of folklore O. E. Ozarovskaya. Ozarovskaya organized K.'s public performance in Washington and a tour of the cities of Ukraine and the Caucasus. In 1916, K. received a silver medal and an honorary diploma "For useful scientific work" from USA. Geographical society. In 1921, K., on a call from A.V. Lunacharsky, participated in a concert at the opening of the 3rd Congress of the Third International in Washington,then again performed in the cities of the country. From K. wedding round dance, great and other songs were recorded. The sculptor S. T. Konenkov embodied the image of K. in the statue of “The Old Lady”, and also created her sculptural portrait.