- Armenian Mighty Handful
The Armenian Mighty Handful ( _ru. Армянская Могучая кучка, "Armyanskaya moguchaya kuchka"), refers to a circle of
Soviet Armenia nclassical music composers. It consisted of 5 persons born in 1920-1921, studied atYerevan State Conservatory and in mid-1940's entered to theMoscow Conservatory and the Armenian Cultural Studio's courses. Among the main professors and supporters of their studies wereAram Khachaturian andDmitry Shostakovich . Four members of the group were awarded by thePeople's Artist of USSR highest title,Alexander Arutiunian andArno Babajanian were also awarded by theUSSR State Prize in their young ages.The oldest and leading member of the group is
Alexander Arutiunian . In 1950 among with Babajanian he composed the "Armenian rhapsody" and jointly performed it on two pianos. Another example of cooperation within the group was the soundtrack of popular "The Song of First Love" film by "Armenfilm" composed byArno Babajanian andLazar Sarian . Many of the songs became all-time hits inArmenia .The group's art was an important event for the Armenian culture and influenced younger Armenian composers. According to Sahan Ardzruni, "in the music world, they established the Armenian musical school". [Sahan Ardzruni, Concert marks composer Adam Khudoyan's 85th anniversary, Armenian Reporter - 3/31/2007]
Members
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Alexander Arutiunian
*Arno Babajanian
*Edvard Mirzoyan
*Lazar Sarian
*Adam Khudoyan ources
*Soviet Armenia, encyclopedia, ed. by V. Arzumanyan, Yerevan, 1987, p. 585
* [http://www.noev-kovcheg.ru/mag/2006-09/153.html Карине Тер-Саакян, Музыкант от Бога, Ноев Ковчег, N 09, 2006]
*Soviet Literature, International Union of Revolutionary Writers, 1966, p. 197
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