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He started becoming interested in music at a very early age and continued his pursuits professionally when he became and adult by taking lessons from Makar Yekmalian. It stands out for its bright and colorful scenes of folk holidays and rituals, lyrical songs, duets and choruses. The opera is rich in elements of rural, urban, gusan and spiritual music.
Other works:
- Music for theater (Tigran Hakhumyan’s “Claws of Darkness”, Armen Gulakyan’s “Dawn”, “Gikor”, “A Drop of Honey” (both by H.
Tumanyan), “Anahit” (by Gh. Aghayan), “Namus” (according to A. Shirvanzadeh), “Samvel”, “Davit Bek” (both by Raffu, etc.)
- Translated into Armenian the librettos of the operas “Rigoletto” by G. Verdi and “Carmen” by G. Bizet.
- “Eastern Dance” for symphony orchestra
- “Dance Suite” for symphony orchestra
- Music based on the drama “Leily and Mejnun ” (staged in 1918 in Tiflis)
- Chorouses
- Patriotic songs
- Cantatas
- Piano pieces (“Dance”, “Suite of Armenian dances”, “Eastern fantasy”, “Esmerald of Shirak”, “Children’s album”, “Evening”, “Sring”, “Lullaby”, etc.).
- Developed folk songs
Streets, music schools in Yerevan and Gyumri were after Tigranian, a monument to him was placed in the circular park of Yerevan, and a house-museum operates in Gyumri.
1935 – Honoured Art Worker of Armenian SSR
1936 – Honoured Art Worker of Georgian SSR
1939 – Order of Lenin
Armen Tigranian
Armen Tigranian belongs to the number of Armenian composers who began their career during pre-soviet era and continued it after the revolution, using their rich skills to help develop the country’s traditions.
He started becoming interested in music at a very early age.
He devoted himself to teaching and continued composing music, mainly songs and romances in Armenian folk traditions.
Tigranian"s opera Anoush, written in 1908 and remodelled in 1932, is called the "national opera of the Armenian people". According to hush.am (Armenian genealogical initiative) he shares grave with Elizaveta Aristakesyan and Vardan Tigranyan.
Achievements
Honoured Art Worker of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1935 Honoured Art Worker of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1936 Lenin order.
Works
book
- Anoush: An Opera by Armen Tigranian
(Book by Hovhannes Toumanian, Armen Tigranian)
- Anoush: An Opera by Armen Tigranian
BIOGRAPHY
Composer, songwriter, chorous conductor, founder of the Armenian National Opera
26/12/1879, Alexandrapol – 10/02/1950, Tbilisi
Tigranian played flute from an early age, participated in school brass band concerts.
Tigranyan devoted himself to teaching and continued composing music, mainly songs and romances in Armenian nation character. He ultimately finished his studies at the Tbilisi Music College.
Tigranyan continued composing other national works such as the drama “Leily and Mejnun”, “Eastern Dance” for symphonic orchestra, “New Spring” chorus for 4 voices etc.
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Armen Tigranian was born in Gyumri, Armenia. And it also remains a national masterpiece until today. The latter of which premiered only months before his death and was his final composition.
Anoush, based on Hovhannes Tumanian"s story of country romance and tragedy captured the attention of audiences and became a perennial of the concert repertoire.
The American premiere of Anoush took place in 1981 at Michigan Opera Theatre.
Education
Tigranian received his musical training in Tbilisi, and in 1902, he finished his education at the Tbilisi Music College, studying composition with Makar Ekmalyan.
Career
His best-known works were two national operas, Anoush (premiere: Alexandropol, 4 (17) August 1912, the first opera performance in Armenia) and Davit Bek (1950).
The history of Karabakh Melikdoms inspired the opera David Bek (1950).
Among the other works by Tigranian are the drama Leily and Mejnun, Eastern Dance for symphonic orchestra and New Spring chorus for 4 voices.
Burial
Tigranyan is buried in the Yerevan Central Cemetery also known as Tokhmakh cemetery.
The melodies created by the composer spread and essentially became popular.
1949 – “David Bek” historical patriotic opera (by Raffi), staged for the first time in 1950, after the composer’s death, at the Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theater.
The opera was a new step in the national opera art with its ideological richness, civic pathos, and popularity of the musical language.
Armen Tigranovich Tigranian
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Armen Tigrani Tigranian or Tigranyan or Dikranian was an Armenian music composer and conductor. “Anoush” was premiered on Aug. 4, 1912, in Gyumri, and it became the composer’s masterpiece. Over the next 30 years, the composer repeatedly referred to the opera, made some changes, additions, reviewed the instrumentation.
The opera laid the foundation for a new stylistic direction in the armenian musical theater.
The formation of his musical taste was significantly influenced by the assimilation of the characteristics of Shirak’s musical art, armenian folk and gusan music.
Since 1913 – lived in Tiflis
1912-1921 – participated in the works of the Armenian Music Society, taught at the Hovnanyan School, performed in concerts.
1908 – “Anoush” opera (by H.
Tumanyan), staged for the first time in 1912, in Alexandropol, and first time in Yerevan in 1935, in Moscow in 1939.
Background
Tigranian was born in Alexandropol in the Russian Empire (present-day Gyumri, Armenia). After becoming acquainted with Hovhannes Tumanyan’s “Anoush” Opera, the inspirations he got from it kept him restless until he finally wrote the opera, having worked on it for several years.