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Title	Armeense rapsodie #3
Article no.	3138213
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Rhapsody
Instrumentation	Fa (fanfare band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Belgium (be)
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Composer	Comitas, Alexander
Difficulty level	5
Duration	12:00
Additional info/contents	In the eighties of the last century I fell under the spell of Armenian folk music. I collected sheet music and recordings and wrote down a number of songs and dances, mostly from old gramophone records. This music impressed me so much that I wanted to "do something with it". I started writing compositions that were strongly influenced by Armenian music, including a series of Armenian Rhapsodies for wind orchestra. Armenian Rhapsody No. 3 uses two folk song melodies, a dance melody and a song by a wandering minstrel famous in Armenia. It begins with a medieval lament melody originally played on a duduk, a native woodwind instrument with a melancholy character. A few times the litany is interrupted by snatches of the themes to come. This is followed by a dance melody which I found on a French CD. The booklet text gives no information about it. I have taken the liberty of changing the 6/8 metre to a 5/8 metre. The last melody presented is a song called Insh konim ekimi (I don't need a doctor) by Sayat-Nova, an Armenian minstrel or bard from the 18th century. I have combined the theme of this song with the main motif of a folk song called Unabi. Towards the end, the previous themes reappear and culminate in an apotheosis with a glorious return of the medieval melody.
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	Armeense rapsodie #3 (fanfare band), full score and parts
	Armeense rapsodie #3 (fanfare band), full score
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