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  1. 2015

    Identity Construction in Armenian Music on the Example of the Early Folklore Movement

    Davidjants, Brigitta

    Examines how national identity was constructed within the early Armenian folklore movement. Davidjants notes that Armenian identity construction has drawn on Armenia's status as the first Christian state and on a well-integrated Western diaspora, both used to present Armenians as 'European', even though Armenia shares many cultural traits with its neighbours. Against that background she compares two approaches to transcribing Armenian folk tunes: those of Komitas and those of his contemporary, the folklorist Arshak Brutyan. Komitas leaned toward a Western way of thinking, standardising tunes according to the Western music system, while Brutyan sought transcription methods better fitted to Armenian musical culture. It is Komitas's approach that remains dominant in Armenian academic circles today.

    2015Journal ArticleOpen Access
  2. 2015

    Komitas Vardapet and Music-Therapy in Medieval Armenia

    Vardumyan, A. D.

    A Matenadaran musicologist traces music therapy in Armenian medieval science: from the 5th-century philosopher Davit Anhaght through the 12th-century Cilician physician Mkhitar Heratsi, and shows how Komitas Vardapet became the first musicologist to study it, drawing on a medieval Ejmiatsin manuscript describing the healing influence of sacred music.

    2015Journal ArticleOpen Access

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