Abstract
The ašugh society in Alexandrapol (now Gyumri) emerged and developed under the immediate effect of historical-cultural processes. This society carried out an important mission with the public acknowledgment it possessed. It was an embodiment of the new qualities in the Armenian national thought in all the spheres of the ašugh school: ideological, propagandistic, music-poetic, etc.Among the songs leaning towards the Near East ašugh traditions that constituted the huge heritage of about forty ašułs, the songs based on Armenian verses display the modal, prosodic and stylistic features of Armenian monodic music. My paper presents the criteria in the song-creation of the ašugh society of Alexandrapol, which are fully in line with Komitas’s fundamental principles of Armenian national song art.
Highlights
URBAN MUSIC OF ALEXANDRAPOLE AND KOMITASH. (2021) Urban Music of Alexandrapole and Komitas
In his publications, lectures and letters, Komitas clearly and convincingly defines the identity standards of Armenian national music
Our observations have shown that in this heritage created in the context of the Middle Eastern tradition the qualities of the Armenian folk song, the deep roots of medieval narrative and spiritual monody and the characteristics of national identity become evident
Summary
H. (2021) Urban Music of Alexandrapole and Komitas. International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Social Science. H., PhD in Art, Shirak Centre for Armenian Studies of NAS RA, Gyumri, Republic of Armenia.
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