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Komitas: Piano Dances | At the Komitas Museum-Institute

Komitas (1869-1935) Piano Dances* (1906-1916) 00:00 Manushaki (Dance of Vagharshapat) 02:58 Yerangi (Dance of Yerevan) 06:56 Unabi (Dance of Shushi) 08:53 Marali (Dance of Shushi) 10:12 Shushiki (Dance of Vagharshapat) 11:58 Het u Araj (Dance of Karin-Erzrum) 14:51 Shoror (Dance of Karin-Erzrum) Armen-Levon Manaseryan, piano Dedicated to the 155th anniversary of Komitas. The video was filmed at the Komitas Museum-Institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It also includes exclusive footage from the Museum-Institute of Komitas Vardapet. _________ Special thanks to the Director of the Komitas Museum-In­stitute: Nikolay Kostandyan, The Head of The Concert Department at the Komitas Museum-Institute: Katarine Hovsepyan, and The Komitas Museum-Institute Curator: Kristine Petrosyan. _______ 2024 © Yerevan, Armenia [email protected] www.manaseryan.com #Komitas #PianoDances Komitas's Piano Dances: Komitas is the author of arrangements of Armenian folk and church songs for different voices and different presentations (solo, piano accompaniment, and chorus). One of the most noteworthy works he authors is the Patarag (Arm. Liturgy) for the male chorus. Komtas is also the author of piano music, operatic projects, instrumental ensembles, and other genres. The piano music represents a small, but vivid portion of Komitas's compositional output. It is unique because of the specific characteristics of pianistic expression that reflect the subtle sonorities and aesthetics of Armenian folk music. The Dances for Piano is a well-known work of the composer. The Armenian folk dances included in the series are picked from different areas of Armenia. The composer worked on the series intermittently for 10 years from 1906-1916. The Dances were first performed by pianist Shushanik Lala-Babayan (1879- 1952), the wife of French musicologist Louis Laloy in Paris on December 1, 1906. Later, rearranged as the Dances, they received their final form in 1916. The series was first published in 1925 in Paris. Six Dances were included in this series: Yerangi (dance of Yerevan), Unabi (dance of Shushi), Marali (dance of Shushi), Shushiki (dance of Vagharshapati), Het u Araj (dance of Karin - Erzrum) and Shoror (dance of Karin-Erzrum). To fully express the nature of the dance during the performance, Komitas noted the style of a folk musical instrument or instruments for each of them (to be played in the manner of nay, tar, dap, pogh, drum). Even though there were some mistakes in this edition, it helped spread the music of Komitas abroad. During the period the edition was being prepared, the dances were performed by the famous French pianist and composer, Professor of the Paris Conservatory, Lazar Levin. Articles in French, Swiss, and Belgian musical newspapers including one from famous French musicologist Louis Laloy) praised the series after the first performances. In the second edition of the Dances (Komitas, Collected Works, Volume 6, Piano Compositions, edited by R Atayan, Yerevan, Institute of Arts of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, 1982), the series of the Dances was expanded based on Komitas's manuscripts, and Manushaki (dance of Vagharshapat) was added. Besides, Msho Shoror was also published as a separate individual composition. The latter is distinguished from the series by its profound traditional origins and the scope of its breadth. Dances by Komitas have an important place in Armenian art and music. Several various instrumental and symphonic versions of these dances have been arranged and performed as well. Considering the number and frequency of performances of Komitas Dances, the most common trends in modern performance practice of these pieces, as well as the mistakes in the first edition in 1925, which were corrected in the second R. Atayan edition, the pianist Armen-Levon Manaseryan used the second, academic version for the current recording and used the 1925 version as a guide in his selection of individual units of the series. Astghik Martirosyan Musicologist, Komitas State Conservatory lecturer, and Komitas Museum-Institute researcher (Text from the Armen-Levon Manaseryan's "Color Of Sound" CD album, "KNS Classical" Label, 2017, Belgium/Spain)