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The Armenian lullaby is significant for its historical, cultural, and linguistic aspect beyond its purpose of comfort and serving as a bridge to sleep. Influenced in part by their region of origin, Armenian lullabies are characterized by a lightness in melody and the rhythm of simple, repeated phrases that mimic the sound of the rocking cradle.
Oror (Lullaby) for mezzo-soprano, harp and cello (also in a choral version) [3] Sweet is the night, mélodie; Ledjag, mélodie; Lamento, complaint of an orphan [3] Nocturne, fugue; Es Kechir, dance for voice, chorus and orchestra; Ninam—Niman, dance for voice, chorus and orchestra; Dark Sky for chorus and orchestra
Parsegh Ganatchian or Barsegh Kanachyan (Armenian: Բարսեղ Կանաչեան; 17 April 1885 – 21 May 1967) was an Armenian composer, conductor, and sociocultural activist. [1] He is best-known for his part in arranging the music to Մեր հայրենիք (Our Fatherland), the Armenian national anthem. He comes from a modest background ...
Harutyunyan's Armenian Lullabies was recognized by the New York Times as an outstanding world music CD in 2004. [2] Before performing with the Shoghaken Ensemble, Harutyunyan performed as a soloist with the Agunk Ensemble (founded by Hayrik Mouradian) of Armenian National Radio in Armenia, Europe, and the Soviet Union. With Shoghaken, she has ...
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).
His «Little Armenian Suite» (1919) composed for chamber orchestra, includes instrumental versions of the liturgical piece «Khorurt khorin» and profane chants «Oror», «Alaguiaz» and «Hovarek» («The Deep Mystery», «Lullaby», «Alaguiaz Mountain» and «Given the Freshness»).
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Armenian opera is the art of opera in Armenia or opera by Armenian composers. The founder of the Armenian operatic tradition was Tigran Chukhajian (1837–98), who was born in Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and received his musical education in Milan, where he became a great admirer of Verdi. He was a political and musical nationalist who ...