Armenian Mighty Handful

Armenian Mighty Handful

The Armenian Mighty Handful ( _ru. Армянская Могучая кучка, "Armyanskaya moguchaya kuchka"), refers to a circle of Soviet Armenian classical music composers. It consisted of 5 persons born in 1920-1921, studied at Yerevan State Conservatory and in mid-1940's entered to the Moscow Conservatory and the Armenian Cultural Studio's courses. Among the main professors and supporters of their studies were Aram Khachaturian and Dmitry Shostakovich. Four members of the group were awarded by the People's Artist of USSR highest title, Alexander Arutiunian and Arno Babajanian were also awarded by the USSR 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 by Arno Babajanian and Lazar Sarian. Many of the songs became all-time hits in Armenia.

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

*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


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Five — For other uses, see 5 (disambiguation). The Five Mily Balakirev César Cui Modest Mussorgsky Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov Alexander Borodin …   Wikipedia

  • Adam Khudoyan — Adam Geghami Khudoyan ( ru. Адам Худоян, February 21, 1921, Yerevan, Armenia 2000, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer, awarded by the Renowned Activist of the Arts of Armenia official title. He finished the Yerevan State Conservatory in 1945. He… …   Wikipedia

  • Lazar Sarian — Lazar Martirosi Sarian ( Ghazaros Saryan , ru. Сарьян Лазарь Мартиросович, (1920 1998) was an Armenian composer, professor, People s Artist of the USSR (1991). In 1960 1986 he was the rector of Yerevan State Conservatory.Sarian was born in Rostov …   Wikipedia

  • List of compositions by César Cui — The following is a list of compositions by the composer César Cui.*Titles of overall works are supplied in English unless the non Russian original is distinctive in some way. Russian titles are added where helpful and applicable. Years in… …   Wikipedia

  • Rites in the United States — • Article discussing various rites used within the United States Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rites in the United States     Rites in the United States      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

  • international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

  • Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”