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Armenian Dances Part 1
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Armenian Dances (Part I) is a four-movement suite based on authentic folk songs from the Gomidas Vartabed
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Nepean Concert Band (NCB) are Wednesday evenings, 7:30to 9:30 PM, at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Road, Ottawa, Ontario. The NCB is always open to new members. The NCB is a provincially-registered non-profit organization and depends upon membership fees, concert revenue, and sponsorship from patrons in the public and private sectors, to pay for the necessities such as conductor's honorarium, rehearsal space rental, equipment maintenance and the purchase of quality concert band arrangements.
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Genre
Classical • Ensembles
Charts
Peak #56
Peak in subgenre #5
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April 29, 2012
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MP3 10.2 MB • 128 kbps • 11:08
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Armenian Dances (Part I) is a four-movement suite based on authentic folk songs from the Gomidas Vartabed, the founder of Armenian classical music. Part 1 is an extended symphonic rhapsody built upon five Armenian folk songs. Although the composer has kept his treatment of the melodies within the general limits imposed by its vocal, folk-song nature, he has also expanded the melodic, harmon- ic and rhythmic possibilities in keeping with the demands of a symphonic-instru- mental performance. “Armenian Dances” was first performed by Dr. Harry Begian (to whom it is dedicated) and the University of Illinois Symphonic Band in 1973.
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