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The lyrics are not identical to the 1918 version, however, because several words have been modified. [1] [11] As an intrinsic element of civic education in Armenia, the anthem is one of several national symbols which are featured in classrooms of the country's schools. By dignifying the song in this manner, teachers reckon that this "encourage ...
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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.
In the 5th century, the earliest Armenian chants were created by St. Mesrop Mashtots [5] who in addition to his compositional work, invented the Armenian alphabet. [6] With the onset of this new alphabet and the subsequent translation of the Bible into Armenian, there was a large incentive to create original Armenian hymns, distinct form those of the Greeks and other neighboring Christians. [7]
Sari Gelin (Azerbaijani: Sarı Gəlin, سارؽ گلین; Persian: دامن کشان, romanized: Dâman Kešân) or Sari Aghjik (Armenian: Սարի աղջիկ, romanized: Sāri Āɣčīk) is the name for a number of folk songs popular among the people of Iran, the southern Caucasus (most prominently present-day Azerbaijan and Armenia) and in eastern Anatolia in present-day Turkey.
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
In old Armenian literature, a poetic work was commonly referred to as a tagh. It was synonymous with poetic expression, as explicitly indicated by Hovhan Vorotnetsi in the 14th century. The definition of the term tagh was provided by several medieval grammarians. The word was first recorded in the second half of the 5th century in the Armenian ...