Sargis Barkhudaryan
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Sargis Barkhudaryan (Aug. 26, 1887 – Oct. 25, 1973) was an Armenian
composer, pianist and educator.
Born in Tiflis, [now Tbilisi] Georgia, 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 he heard different tunes sung by vendors; Sargis was able to reproduce them 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 eventually enrolled in the class of Lyutsan Lyutsanovich Truskovsku.
In 1900, Sargis’s mother Vartuhi send 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 Berlin
, 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 Saint Petersburg Conservatory
), enrolling in the theory and composition classes of Maximilian Steinberg
and Yosep Vitol.
He graduated in 1915. Barkhudaryan taught in the conservatories of Tbilisi and later of Yerevan
.
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 Tbilisi and is buried in Yerevan.
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
composer, pianist and educator.
Born in Tiflis, [now Tbilisi] Georgia, 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 he heard different tunes sung by vendors; Sargis was able to reproduce them 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 eventually enrolled in the class of Lyutsan Lyutsanovich Truskovsku.
In 1900, Sargis’s mother Vartuhi send 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 Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, 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 Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...
), enrolling in the theory and composition classes of Maximilian Steinberg
Maximilian Steinberg
Maximilian Osseyevich Steinberg was a Russian composer of classical music born in what is now Lithuania.-Life:...
and Yosep Vitol.
He graduated in 1915. Barkhudaryan taught in the conservatories of Tbilisi and later of Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
.
In 1936, Sargis Barkhudaryan was named the Honored Worker of Georgian SSR and in 1960, the People's Artist of Armenian SSR
People's Artist
People's Artist is a honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states , as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USSR....
. He has written mostly piano miniatures.
He died in Tbilisi and is buried in Yerevan.
Piano
- Արևելյան պարեր (4 պիես) (Four Oriental Dances, 1910 – 1913)
- Դաշնամուրային պիեսներ - առաջին սերիա՝ Էսքիզ, Ակվարել, Հեքիաթ, Էսքիզ, Օրորոցային, Աշնանային (Piano Pieces, I series, 1910 – 1918)
- Սոնատ, 4 մասից (Sonata in four movements, 1915)
- Դաշնամուրային պիեսներ - երկրորդ սերիա՝ Շուրջպար, Մենապար, Էսքիզ, Պրելյուդ No. 2` «Աշուն» (Piano Pieces, II 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)
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 IsahakyanAvetik IsahakyanAvetik Isahakyan , Ghazarapat, near Aleksandropol, current Gyumri, Russian Empire – October 17, 1957, Yerevan) was a prominent Armenian lyric poet, writer, academian and public activist.-Biography:...
, 1959)
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 TumanyanTumanyan- People :Armenian surname:* Barseg Tumanyan, Armenian bass opera singer; soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble* Hovhannes Tumanyan, writer...
, 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)