Sargis Barkhudaryan () (August 26, 1887 â October 25, 1973) was an Armenian composer, pianist and educator.
Biography
Born in Tiflis (now Tbilisi), Georgia. Sargis was one of the eight children of a successful businessman, who died when his son was only a teenager. The young man grew up in a musical household. Their house was near an open marketplace and here Sargis heard different tunes sung by vendors, which he was able to reproduce on various folk instruments. Finally, a piano was purchased and Sargis began to take private lessons, initially from Sofia Karakhanyan and later at the local music school, where he eventually enrolled in the class of Lyutsan Lyutsanovich Truskovsku.
In 1900, SargisâÂÂs mother Vartuhi sent the young man to Armenia to become familiar with his native culture. There he met Komitas and was deeply affected. In 1907, like Komitas before him, Barkhudaryan left for Berlin, Germany, to refine his musical education. In the beginning, he studied the piano privately with Prof. Schultz but shortly he joined the student body of the Royal Conservatory itself. In Berlin, he made important contacts and got involved in local Armenian activities. Later, he entered the Petrograd Conservatory (now the Saint Petersburg Conservatory), enrolling in the theory and composition classes of Maximilian Steinberg and Yosep Vitol.
He graduated in 1915. Barkhudaryan taught in the conservatories of Tbilisi and later of Yerevan. In 1936, Sargis Barkhudaryan was named the Honored Worker of Georgian SSR and in 1960, the People's Artist of Armenian SSR. He has written mostly piano miniatures.
He died in Tbilisi and is buried in Yerevan.
Compositions
Piano
- ñÃÂÃÂÃ¥ìõáö úáÃÂÃ¥à(4 úëÃ¥ý) (Four Oriental Dances, 1910 â 1913)
- ôá÷öáôøÃÂÃÂáõëö úëÃ¥ýöÃ¥à- áüáûëö ýÃÂ¥ÃÂëáà÷ýÃÂëæ, ñïþáÃÂÃ¥ì, ÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂëáé, ÷ýÃÂëæ, ÃÂÃÂøÃÂøÃÂáõëö, ñ÷öáöáõëö (Piano Pieces, First Series, 1910 â 1918)
- ÃÂøöáÿ, 4 ôáýëà(Sonata in four movements, 1915)
- ôá÷öáôøÃÂÃÂáõëö úëÃ¥ýöÃ¥à- ÃÂ¥ÃÂïÃÂøÃÂä ýÃÂ¥ÃÂëáàÃÂøÃÂÃÂûúáÃÂ, ÃÂÃ¥öáúáÃÂ, ÷ýÃÂëæ, ÃÂÃÂÃ¥ìõøÃÂä No. 2` ëñ÷øÃÂöû (Piano Pieces, Second Series, 1915 â 1923)
- ÃÂáæ-úáà(Coy Dance, 1921)
- ÃÂøÃ¥ô ëÃÂãöáþøÃÂë ÃÂÃÂëïøÃÂôû (Poem: "In the Cell of an Ascetic")
- úøòøþÃÂäáïáö úáàëÃÂáõáýÿáöû (Folk Dance: Armenia, 1926)
- ÃÂõøÃÂëÿ äá÷öáôøÃÂÃÂë ðáôáÃÂ, 4 ôáýëà(Suite for piano, in four movements, 1932)
- ñöäáöÿÃÂ¥ (Andante, 1932)
- ÃÂáöïáïáö úëÃ¥ýöÃÂ¥ÃÂë êøòøþáîøà(12 úëÃ¥ý) (Collection of 12 ChildrenâÂÂs Pieces, 1939)
- ÃÂëÃ¥ýöÃÂ¥ÃÂë êøòøþáîøàúáÿáöÃ¥ïøÃÂéÃ¥áö ðáôáà(12 úëÃ¥ý) (Collection of 12 Pieces for Adolescents, 1942 â 1943)
- Aquarelle
Vocal
- ÃÂáõáé ÃÂøþáõë 8 ÃÂ¥ÃÂã (ô÷áïøÃÂôöÃÂ¥ÃÂ) (Eight songs after Sayat Nova, 1932 â 1933)
- úøòøþÃÂäáïáö ÃÂ¥ÃÂãÃÂ¥ÃÂë ô÷áïøÃÂôöÃ¥à(ëÃÂáÃÂë áòûëïû, ëþáôøþ áòûëïû ëôìÃÂ¥ õáôáöû, ëÃÂëÃÂøÃÂðëýû, ëÃÂáóïáì Ã¥ýû, ëÃÂõøü-ÃÂ
òìëû) (Arrangement of folk songs, 1927 - 1936)
- ÃÂøïáì ևÃÂàñþ. ûýáðáïõáöë ÿÃÂ¥ÃÂýÿÃÂ¥ÃÂøþ (Vocal cycle on poems by Avetik Isahakyan, 1959)
Ballet
- ëÃÂáÃÂëöÃ¥û, 4 ãøÃÂîøòøÃÂéõøÃÂö (âÂÂNarinéâ in four acts, 1938)
ChildrenâÂÂs Opera
- ëÃÂÃ¥üë ÃÂøÃÂùëû, 4 ãøÃÂîøòøÃÂéõøÃÂö (âÂÂUncle Kushiâ in four acts, 1946)
Symphonic
- ÃÂëôÃÂøöëï úøÃ¥ô ëñöøÃÂ÷û, 4 ôáýëà(Anush, Symphonic Poem in four movements, 1916 - 1917)
- ÃÂõøÃÂëÿ ëöáïÃÂÃ¥ÿÃÂ¥ÃÂáÃÂëáû (Suite, 1932)
- ÃÂõøÃÂëÿ ìáÃÂáõëö öþáãáÃÂøÃÂôâë ðáôáà(Suite for string orchestra, 1939)
- õÃÂïøàýõøÃÂëÿ ëÃÂáÃÂëöÃ¥û âáìÃ¥ÿëà(Two Suites from the ballet Nariné, 1942)
- ÃÂáÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂãáöà(Overture, 1943)
Band
- ÃÂãø ÃÂáõìÃÂ¥ÃÂã ùøÃÂôáöõáöë ðë÷áÿáïëö (Funeral March in memory of Tumanyan, 1923)
- ÃÂÿøÃÂÃÂô-ÃÂáõìÃÂ¥ÃÂã (Sturm-March, 1933)
Film scores
- ëÿáÃÂøû (Karo, 1936)
- ëÃÂáû ÃÂáæáÃÂû (Brave Nazar, 1940)
- ëÃÂøÃÂöö øàïáÿøÃÂöû (The dog and the cat, 1936)
- ëÃÂÃÂ¥ÃÂÿÃÂ¥ÃÂö øàáõîèû (The Priest and the Goat, 1939)
Incidental music
- ÃÂÃ¥îáúáÿëþ ôøÃÂÃÂáÃÂïáööÃ¥à(Honorable Beggars, 1933)
- ÃÂáðöáôÃÂ¥ (Proclamation, 1935)
- ÃÂïáøÃÂÿ (The Scout, 1935)
- õÃÂïëàðáõÃÂÃ¥öë (Fatherland, 1936)
- ÃÂáôøÃÂý (Honor, 1936)
- ÃÂáû ÃÂáæáà(Brave Nazar, 1941)
- ñÃÂÃÂÃ¥ìõáö áÿáôöáâøõê (Oriental Dentist, 1942)
- ýáéáâáìá (Bewildered, 1944)
- ÃÂÃ¥î ðáÃÂýáöëà(Big Wedding, 1946)
- ÃÂáÃÂáæáÿ ôáÃÂäëï (Genuine People, 1947)
Choral
- ÃÂøþÃ¥ÿáïáö ÃÂëøÃÂéõáö ðëôöè (Soviet National Anthem, 1943)
- ÃÂáõïáïáö ÃÂÃÂàðëôöè (Soviet Armenian National Anthem, 1944)
References