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See media help. The cover of a 1953 record of "Sabre Dance" by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra [1] " Sabre Dance " [a] is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian 's ballet Gayane (1942), where the dancers display their skill with sabres. [2] It is Khachaturian's best known and most recognizable work worldwide.
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 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 ...
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 ...
Producer (s) Martin Hannett. " Ceremony " is a song written by Joy Division, and first released as New Order 's debut single in 1981. The track and its B-side, "In a Lonely Place", were recorded as Joy Division prior to the death of Ian Curtis. Both were re-recorded and carried over to Joy Division's re-formation as New Order.
Yarkhushta belongs to a wider category of Armenian "clap dances" (ծափ-պարեր, tsap parer). The dance is performed by men, who face each other in pairs. The key element of the dance is a forward movement where participants rapidly approach one another and vigorously clap onto the palms of hands of dancers in the opposite row.
Erev Shel Shoshanim. " Erev Shel Shoshanim " (English: Evening of Lilies or Evening of Roses; the Hebrew word shoshana has been identified with both flowers [1]) is a poetic Hebrew love song. Its melody is often used as wedding music in Jewish weddings. It is well known within Israeli and Jewish music circles and throughout the Middle East, and ...
Armenian chant ( Armenian: շարական, sharakan) is the melismatic monophonic chant used in the liturgy of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church . Armenian chant, like Byzantine chant, consists mainly of hymns. The chants are grouped in a system of eight modes called oktoechos. The oldest hymns were in prose, but ...