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  2. Armenian folk music - Wikipedia

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    The rich traditions of Armenian folk music also had a great influence on the development of Armenian classical music, which allowed the outstanding Armenian composer Tigran Chukhajyan to become the author of an epoch-making work ( "Arshak II", 1868), which is the first national opera in the history of musical culture not only for Armenians, but ...

  3. Music of Armenia - Wikipedia

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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).

  4. Yarkhushta - Wikipedia

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    Yarkhushta (Armenian: Յարխուշտա (modern orthography) or Եարխուշտայ (classical/traditional orthography), pronounced [jɑɾχuʃtɑ]) is an Armenian folk and martial dance [1] associated with the highlands of the historical region of Sasun in Western Armenia.

  5. Tamzara - Wikipedia

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    There are many versions of Tamzara, with slightly different music and steps, coming from the various regions and old villages in the Armenian Highlands. According to Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc (July, 2001) Tamzara is performed by Armenians not only in Armenia, also in the countries of Armenian Diaspora. [8]

  6. Culture of Armenia - Wikipedia

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    Later, in 2009 Inga & Anush represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. They ended up taking the tenth place with 92 points. Their music is a balanced fusion of Armenian folk music, rock, jazz and other contemporary genres. [22]

  7. Zartir lao - Wikipedia

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    "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.

  8. Komitas - Wikipedia

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    Komitas singing Mokats Mirza. Soghomon Soghomonian, [A] ordained and commonly known as Komitas [B] (Armenian: Կոմիտաս; 8 October [O.S. 26 September] 1869 – 22 October 1935), was an Ottoman-Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national school of music.

  9. Duduk - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Armenian duduk music is dated to the reign of the Armenian king Tigran the Great, who reigned from 95 to 55 B.C. [20] According to ethnomusicologist Dr. Jonathan McCollum, the instrument is depicted in numerous Armenian manuscripts of the Middle Ages, and is "actually the only truly Armenian instrument that's survived through ...