Sargis Barkhudaryan ( hy, Սարգիս Բարխուդարյան) (August 26, 1887 – October 25, 1973) was an

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composer, pianist and educator. Sargis Barkhudaryan

Biography

Born in

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(now Tbilisi),

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. Sargis was one of the eight children of a successful businessman, who died when his son was only a teenager. The young man grew up in a musical household. Their house was near an open marketplace and here Sargis heard different tunes sung by vendors, which he was able to reproduce on various folk instruments. Finally, a piano was purchased and Sargis began to take private lessons, initially from Sofia Karakhanyan and later at the local music school, where he eventually enrolled in the class of Lyutsan Lyutsanovich Truskovsku. In 1900, Sargis’s mother Vartuhi sent the young man to Armenia to become familiar with his native culture. There he met Komitas and was deeply affected. In 1907, like Komitas before him, Barkhudaryan left for

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, Germany, to refine his musical education. In the beginning, he studied the piano privately with Prof. Schultz but shortly he joined the student body of the Royal Conservatory itself. In Berlin, he made important contacts and got involved in local Armenian activities. Later, he entered the Petrograd Conservatory (now the

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), enrolling in the theory and composition classes of

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and Yosep Vitol.http://www.gclefpublishing.com/samples/Vit.pdf He graduated in 1915. Barkhudaryan taught in the conservatories of Tbilisi and later of

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. In 1936, Sargis Barkhudaryan was named the Honored Worker of Georgian SSR and in 1960, the People's Artist of Armenian SSR. He has written mostly piano miniatures. He died in

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and is buried in

Compositions

Piano

*Արևելյան պարեր (4 պիես) (Four Oriental Dances, 1910 – 1913) *Դաշնամուրային պիեսներ - առաջին սերիա՝ Էսքիզ, Ակվարել, Հեքիաթ, Էսքիզ, Օրորոցային, Աշնանային (Piano Pieces, First Series, 1910 – 1918) *Սոնատ, 4 մասից (Sonata in four movements, 1915) *Դաշնամուրային պիեսներ - երկրորդ սերիա՝ Շուրջպար, Մենապար, Էսքիզ, Պրելյուդ No. 2` «Աշուն» (Piano Pieces, Second Series, 1915 – 1923) *Նազ-պար (Coy Dance, 1921) *Պոեմ «Ճգնավորի խցիկում» (Poem: "In the Cell of an Ascetic") *Ժողովրդական պար «Հայաստան» (Folk Dance: Armenia, 1926) *Սյուիտ դաշնամուրի համար, 4 մասից (Suite for piano, in four movements, 1932) *Անդանտե (Andante, 1932) *Մանկական պիեսների ժողովածու (12 պիես) (Collection of 12 Children’s Pieces, 1939) *Պիեսների ժողովածու պատանեկութեան համար (12 պիես) (Collection of 12 Pieces for Adolescents, 1942 – 1943) *Aquarelle

Vocal

*Սայաթ Նովայի 8 երգ (մշակումներ) (Eight songs after Sayat Nova, 1932 – 1933) *Ժողովրդական երգերի մշակումներ («Սարի աղջիկ», «Ծամով աղջիկ» «Դլե յաման», «Սիրուհիս», «Մաճկալ ես», «Քյոռ-օղլի») (Arrangement of folk songs, 1927 - 1936) *Վոկալ շարք Ավ. Իսահակյանի տեքստերով (Vocal cycle on poems by

Avetik Isahakyan Avetik Sahak Isahakyan ( hy, Ավետիք Սահակ Իսահակյան; October 30, 1875 – October 17, 1957) was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer and public activist. Biography Isahakyan was born in Alexandropol in 1875. He was edu ...

, 1959)

Ballet

*«Նարինե», 4 գործողություն (“Nariné” in four acts, 1938)

Children’s Opera

*«Քեռի Քուշի», 4 գործողություն (“Uncle Kushi” in four acts, 1946)

Symphonic

*Սիմֆոնիկ պոեմ «Անուշ», 4 մասից (''Anush'', Symphonic Poem in four movements, 1916 - 1917) *Սյուիտ «Զակֆետերացիա» (Suite, 1932) *Սյուիտ լարային նուագախումբի համար (Suite for string orchestra, 1939) *Երկու սյուիտ «Նարինե» բալետից (Two Suites from the ballet ''Nariné'', 1942) *Նախերգանք (Overture, 1943)

Band

*Սգո քայլերգ Թումանեանի հիշատակին (Funeral March in memory of Tumanyan, 1923) *Սդուրմ-քայլերգ (Sturm-March, 1933)

Film scores

*«Կարո» (''Karo'', 1936) *«Քաջ Նազար» (''Brave Nazar'', 1940) *«Շունն ու կատուն» (''The dog and the cat'', 1936) *«Տերտերն ու այծը» (''The Priest and the Goat'', 1939)

Incidental music

*Մեծապատիվ մուրացկաններ (Honorable Beggars, 1933) *Շահնամե (Proclamation, 1935) *Սկաուտ (The Scout, 1935) *Երկիր հայրենի (Fatherland, 1936) *Նամուս (Honor, 1936) *Քաջ Նազար (Brave Nazar, 1941) *Արևելյան ատամնաբոյժ (Oriental Dentist, 1942) *Խաթաբալա (Bewildered, 1944) *Մեծ հարսանիք (Big Wedding, 1946) *Հարազատ մարդիկ (Genuine People, 1947)

Choral

*Սովետական Միության հիմնը (Soviet National Anthem, 1943) *Հայկական ՍՍՀ հիմնը (Soviet Armenian National Anthem, 1944)

References

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