Music of Armenia

National anthem of Armenia

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musical instrument manufacturer

national anthem

Kochari (; ; ; ) is an Armenian folk dance originating in the Armenian Highlands. It is performed today by Armenians, while variants are performed by Assyrians, Azerbaijanis, and Pontic Greeks. It is a form of circle dance.

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music and musical traditions of Armenia

Eastern Orthodox liturgical work

Armenian musical neume

Uzundara or ouzoundara (; ) is a lyrical Armenian and Azerbaijani dance traditionally performed by women. Today, the dance is famous throughout the South Caucasus region; in particular Armenia and Azerbaijan.

incidental music by Aram Khachaturian

Rabiz or rabis ( or ) is a genre of Armenian popular music, distinguished by its lyrics and dance-oriented synthesized melodies in time signature with elements of Armenian folk music. Rabiz first emerged in Yerevan in the 1970-80s and was often associated with Armenian migrants from Baku, Ganja, Tbilisi and rural regions of Armenia. Rabiz singers are with few exceptions male. More recently, rabiz songs have been augmented with heavier arrangements and electronic dance music elements in their instrumentation.

composer

televised classical music competition

Armenian traditional tune

music genre

opera by Armen Tigranian

Armenian musician

thumb|A sazandar orchestra, 1906 A sazanda or sazandar ( / سازنده; ; ; ; alternative spellings in English: sazende, sazandeh) is one of the three musicians in the traditional ensemble of instrumentalists performing along with a singer (khananda, in the case of an Azeri mugham performance) in the South Caucasus. The word means "builder" in Persian. The trio consists of a tarist, a kamanchist and a daf player. Historically the word sazanda(r) was applied to any instrumentalist from Anatolia, the Caucasus or Iran, who played a folk instrument.

music genre or scene

1915 Ottoman history in creative works

The tagh () is a genre of Armenian monodic song writing. Its origin is ancient but its content and melodic line can be similar to modern vocal and instrumental compositions.

musical composition