Honored Teacher: Eduard Pashinyan

Abstract

Eduard Ruben Pashinyan is one of the outstanding musicologists of our time, whose contribution is great not only in the field of
science, but also that of pedagogy’. Thanks to his unbending, persistent character, he was able to overcome all the difficulties he
encountered on his path, to make a sharp transition from medicine to musicology, becoming the author of the only harmony and
polyphony textbooks in the Annenian language. In his textbooks Pashinyan proposed a number of Annenian-language terns and
included sections on Amenian musical art, which are interpreted from the perspective of the universal chord system he proposed.
Pashinyan's activity as a musicologist was combined with his pedagogical activity of half a century. The genius pedagogue educated his students not only as musicians, but also contributed to their fonnation as individuals. During his pedagogical activity, Pashinian created a new course for musicologists and composers. He introduced a fi-esh perspective to the solfeggio course, developing his method, presenting his system of step singing. A distinctive aspect of Pashinian's work lies in his mastery of composition. Many of his small works, written with a strict sequence of musicological thought, were used in the hannony course as material for analysis. Eduard Pashinran was, without a doubt, an exceptional teacher.