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Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz Ashugh Jivani (center, playing the kamani) with instrumentalists Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary.. An ashik (Azerbaijani: aşıq; Turkish: âşık) or ashugh (Armenian: աշուղ; Georgian: აშუღი) [1]: 1365 [2] [3] is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who accompanies his song—be it a dastan (traditional ...
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).
The first compilation of Jivani's poems was published in 1885. His music was performed or used by Kristapor Kara-Murza, Komitas Vardapet, Aram Khachaturian, and many others, Maxim Gorky and Valery Bryusov were interested in his poetry. He is recognized as the "greatest Armenian ashugh of the 19th century". [5]
The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble (Armenian: «Շողակն» ժողովրդական համույթ) is an Armenian musical group that performs and records Armenian folk and ashugh (troubadour) music. The ensemble was founded in 1991 [1] in Yerevan.
Armenian folk music is a genre of Armenian music. [1] [2] [3] It usually uses the duduk, the kemenche, and the oud.It is very similar to folk music in the Caucasus [citation needed] and shares many similar songs and traditions with countries around Armenia, namely Georgia and Azerbaijan.
The monastery was a traditional pilgrimage site for Armenian ashughs (folk musicians). [86] [87] It has been compared to Mount Parnassus in Greece, which was the home of the Muses. [88] [89] The prominent 18th-century ashugh Sayat-Nova is recorded to have made a trip to the monastery to seek divine grace. [87] [90]
Sheram on a 2007 Armenian stamp. Sheram (born Grigor Talian, 20 March 1857, Alexandropol – died 7 March 1938, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer, poet-musician , and folk musician . He is known as the founder of the modern gusan (Armenian popular composing) art. He created melodies and songs that are popular to this day:
The song was originally written by Fahrat, an Armenian ashugh from Mush. The song's hero is Arabo, the famed fedayi, who is now presented as a symbol of the Armenian liberation movement. He mainly operated in Mush Plain and Sasun. In 1893, while returning from the Caucasus, his group was surrounded in a gorge near Bulanikh. Everyone in his ...