““Selected arrangements” of A. Spendiaryan are already available for pianists”

Abstract

Scientific worker of House- museum after Alexander Spendiaryan, musicologist Hasmik Sargis Hambaryan. - ““Selected arrangements” of A. Spendiaryan are already available for pianists”. In this article the author presents and analyzes the music book "A. Spendiaryan: selected arrangements for piano" published in 2018, by the initiative of the composer's house-museum. The presentation took place on December 1st, at the House-museum. The collection contains 10 various compositions of A. Spendiaryan vocal-chamber, symphonic, and dances from the opera "Almast" . Author of the piano arrangements and complier of the collection is professor of YSC, Willy Sarkisyan. The specialist editor is a PhD of Art sciences, composer and pianist, Arthur Avanesov. The content of the music book is represented in 3 languages: Armenian, Russian, and English. In this article the principles and details of arrangements are analyzed from point of view of music language and music characters, and in the context of tradition and innovation as well.