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The Armenian dance ( Armenian: Հայկական պար) heritage has been considered the oldest and most varied in its respective region. From the fifth to the third millennia B.C., in the higher regions of Armenia, the land of Ararat, there are rock paintings of scenes of country dancing. These dances were most likely accompanied by certain ...
The music of Armenia (Armenian: հայկական երաժշտություն haykakan yerazhshtut’yun) has its origins in the Armenian highlands, dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE, [1] [2] and is a long-standing musical tradition that encompasses diverse secular and religious, or sacred, music (such as the sharakan Armenian chant and taghs, along with the indigenous khaz musical notation).
Armenian Dances is a musical piece for concert band, written by Alfred Reed (1921–2005). It is a four-movement suite of which Part I comprises the first movement and Part II comprises the remaining three. The two parts comprise a full-length symphony. Each part consists of a number of Armenian folk songs from the collection of Komitas ...
Armenian Highlands. Tamzara[ a] is a folk dance native to Armenian Highlands. In Armenia the dance originally had a ritual character, it was a wedding song and dance. Now "Tamzara" has lost its former ritual significance, when it was performed during almost all community events and parties. It is today performed by Armenians, Assyrians, and ...
Nune. Giko. Genre. Classical ballet. Type. Soviet "folk" ballet. Gayane ( Gayaneh or Gayne, the e is pronounced; Armenian: Գայանե; Russian: Гаянэ) is a four-act ballet with music by Aram Khachaturian. Originally composed in or before 1939, when it was first produced (in Yerevan) as Happiness. Revised in 1941–42 to a libretto by ...
Music of the dance is rapid, which is reflected in the expansive and energetic motions of men. History. The origins of this dance trace back to Tbilisi, Georgia, where it was mainly performed by Kinto's. In Theater and Records. The dance melody was first recorded and arranged for piano by the Armenian composer Nikoghayos Tigranyan in 1895.
Uzundara or ouzoundara (Armenian: Ուզունդարա; Azerbaijani: Uzundərə; Georgian: უზუნდარა) is a lyrical Armenian and Azerbaijani dance traditionally performed by women. Today, the dance is famous throughout the Caucasus region; in particular Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Harout Pamboukjian was born on July 1, 1950, in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union ). In his early teens, he took lessons in many musical instruments including the guitar, the bouzouki and saz (stringed instruments), the dhol (drums) and the piano, later forming a band called Erebouni. His interest in music was initially influenced ...
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