Amirkhanyan so familiar and unfamiliar to us
Keywords:
Robert Amirkhanyan, Avetik Isahakyan, romances, peculiarities of musical practice, singing, melodiousness, speech-melody-harmony unity, artistic valueAbstract
The article presents the first romance of the composer, musician, pedagogue, pianist and unmatched singer Robert Amirkhanyan, written on the poem of Avetik Isahakyan "A spring in the spring". Romance was born in Romanos Melikyan's musical college during the period of his studies and more than half a century waited for the performance. At first glance, it differs from Amirkhanyan style's vocal compositions. On the other hand, it is already outlined in the poem, the peculiarities of the composer's further creative development.
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