Buffoons in Russia

Buffoons, wandering actors of Ancient Russia (11-17 centuries) - singers, wit, musicians, performers of scenes, trainers, acrobats. Content: chap. 1 buffoons - `Funny people`, chap. 2. The art of buffoons, chap. 3 buffoons - people passers -by, naked, drunkards. The buffoon wins the philosopher Jew. Buffoons - pranksters, thieves, robbers, chap. 4. Buffoons are sedentary, ch. 5 Awarding of buffoons and contempt for them, as to the servants of Antichrist, chap. 6 End of buffoons. Damnitsyn Alexander Sergeevich (1841 - 1896) - musicologist, composer, professor of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. One of the first researchers of Russian and Slavic folklore, life. Among his most important scientific works are the "deities of the ancient Slavs" (1884) Circulation 30 copies. Made using Print-on-Demand technology