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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 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.
Armenian pop songs (1 C) Pages in category "Armenian songs" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Armenian revolutionary songs [a] are patriotic songs that promote Armenian patriotism.The origins of these songs lay largely in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when Armenian political parties were established to struggle for the political and civil rights of Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire.
"Mi Gna" (Armenian: Մի Գնա, lit. 'Don't Go') is a song in Armenian and English by Armenian-American rapper Super Sako (Sarkis Balasanyan) and features vocals by the Armenian rabiz singer Spitakci Hayko (Hayk Ghevondyan). "Mi Gna" was written by Artak Aramyan with added English lyrics by Super Sako and appeared in his 2016 album Love Crimes.
Alagyaz (mm. 186–223) (Broadly, with expression =63), a folk song named for a mountain in Armenia, is a broad and majestic song in 3 4 time; it serves as a contrast to the fast, upbeat songs that come both before and after. Gna, Gna (Go, Go) (mm. 224–422) (Allegro vivo con fuoco =138) is a very fast, delightful, and humorous laughing-song in 2
"Zartir lao" (Armenian: Զարթի՛ր, լաօ) is a popular Armenian revolutionary folk song. Composed in the 1890s, it praises the prominent fedayi leader Arabo and is a wake up call for Armenian liberation supporters against the Turk-branch of the Ottoman Army.
As a symbol of Armenian nationalism, the song "Our Fatherland" was outlawed by the Bolshevik authorities. [2] [5] In its place, the Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was utilized from 1944 onwards. [8] [9] Because of this, "Our Fatherland" took on a new status as a protest song against Soviet rule during this time. [5]