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In the realm of Armenian sacred and folk music the name which towers above all others is that of Komitas vardapet (1869-1935). He not only notated the music from oral tradition but also analysed the music of the service, the chants, the psalmody and presented us with its theoretical basis as practiced today. More significant still are his painstaking studies concerning neumes. Eight of Komitas's principle musicological studies have been selected from his Collected Works published in Erevan in 1941. Of these, four are on folk music and four on church music. Two of the studies were published in German and one in French. These have been reproduced in this volume in the original. The papers on folk music describe Armenian folk/country music and dances together with the important plough song of Lori (in north eastern Armenia). The papers on sacred music discuss the Liturgy and tunes sung in the Armenian Church. The studies were first published between the years 1894 and 1914.

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Author:   Komitas Vardapet Komitas ,  Vrej N Nersessian ,  Vrej N. Nersessian
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780700706372

ISBN 10:   0700706372
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   11 December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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Chapter 1 *This article appeared in the journal Anahit (Paris, 1907), pp. 70–73 & 197–130; and also in Le Mercure Musical (Paris, 1907), pp. 472–488. ?. T‘erlemezyan, Hodvatsner, pp. 15–44; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark‘, pp. 145–170; Chapter 2 *The study first appeared in Zeitschrift jür armenische Philologie (Marburg, 1, 1901), pp. 87–96. In 1908 Ghorghanian published a translation in his Kavkazskaya Musika, pp. 47- 50. The first Armenian translation appeared in the journal T‘atron ew Erazhshtout‘iwn 5–6, 1910, pp. 51–52, and then again as a monograph in Baku in 1910. R. T‘erlemezyan, Hodvatsner, pp. 51–62; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark‘, pp. 171–180; Chapter 3 *Published in Nawasard (Constantinople, 1914), pp. 312–336; ?. T‘erlemezyan, Hodvatsner, pp. 68–101; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark‘, pp. 181–210; Chapter 4 *First published in Ararat (Etchmiadzin), 1894, July, pp. 222–227; August, pp. 256– 260. Reprinted in R. T’erlemezyan, Hodvatsner, pp. 105–125; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark, pp 71–86; Chapter 5 *First published in Ararat (Etchmiadzin), 1898, pp. 111–117; ?. T‘erlemezyan, Hodvatsner, pp. 137–152; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark‘, pp. 98–110., M. Ekmalian, Gr. Meghvinian; Chapter 6 *The, German original appeared in Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft, ed. Oskar Fleischer & Johannes Wolf 1 (1899-1900), pp. 54–64. It was translated into Armenian by Hakob Harut’yunyan. An abridged version was published by Ghorghanyan in Kavkazakaya Muzika without the author’s identity. Retranslated into Armenian by Psak Vardapet T’umayian and published in Sion (April 1936), pp. 118–126. R. T’erlemezyan, Hodvatsner, pp. 153–165; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark‘ pp. 115–125; Chapter 7 *Komitas wrote this article in Etchmiadzin on March 15 th, 1910 and was first published in the journal Tachar 10 (Constantinople 1914), p. 311; ?. T’erlemezyan, Hodvatsner, pp. 166–167; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark’ pp. 126–127; Chapter 8 1First published in Ararat (Etchmiadzin), 1900, pp. 367–68., L. Eghiazarian; Chapter 9 *This unfinished study of Komitas was published in Ararat (Etchmiadzin), 1897, pp. 221–225. Reprinted in R. T’erlemezyan, Hodvadsner, pp. 126–136; Abel Oghlougian, Grakan Nshkhark’, pp. 89–97. An important feature of the study is the comparative table of Eastern and Western semi-tonal scale which Komitas provides;

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