1 Do you know any background info about this track? By listening to Komitas, you’re listening to the ancient Armenian history and culture!“Horovel” is a rural song which is sung during the tilling of the soil. He got especially profound knowledge of Armenian literature and history. We have 0 albums and 3 song lyrics in our database. They shared their knowledge of national folk songs with great enthusiasm.Komitas used to gather all these pieces together and then transcribe them. Komitas Vardapet (by Western Armenian transliteration also
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During this period Komitas has seen quite a lot of terrible scenes such as; starving children, death marches, murders in the most dreadful ways.This was too much for Komitas’s fragile soul. This bird has always been associated with longing and love towards the country.The song became especially actual after the Armenian Genocide, when number of people lost their homes and were never been able to come back to their motherland.The song is exceptional piece of art. There he gave piano lessons to younger students and later was appointed as the choirmaster.The years of Etchmiadzin were just the start of the career of this brilliant Armenian composer, who had so much to tell the world with his art.Komitas travelled a lot, he always wanted to find something new to study.
Komitas studied in the local school and after graduating the 4-year local school he continued his study in Bursa.The study in Bursa was left unfinished after his father’s death. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Unfortunately, the great part of them was destroyed during Armenian massacres in 1915.Komitas was the one who realized the uniqueness of Armenian cultural music heritage and introduced it with completely other side unknown for others.The talent of Komitas impressed even such world fames as Claude Debussy, who claimed about his rare talent and was deeply impressed by Komitas.Being a church servant Komitas never considered it enough, he had a passionate interest and love towards the national folk songs of his country. 5
3 This is Armenian music, this is what Armenian national folk is all about! Armenian villagers used to sing this kind of song to cheer up the animals and peasants and make the working process enjoyable.Songs like “Horovel” have never been written, they were passed from generation to generation orally.