Blbouli Hid - Music

Sayat-Nova Armenian Սայաթ-Նովա Persian/Azeri سایات‌نووا Georgian საიათ-ნოვა 14 June 1712 Tiflis – 22 September 1795 Haghpat Meaning 'King Of Songs' Was The Name Given To The Armenian Poet And Ashik Harutyun Sayatyan. His Mother Sara Was Born In Tbilisi And His Father Karapet Either In Aleppo Or Adana. He Was Skilled In Writing Poetry Singing And Playing The Kamancheh. He Performed In The Court Of Heraclius II Of Georgia Where He Also Worked As A Diplomat And Apparently Helped Forge An Alliance Between Georgia Armenia And Shirvan Against The Persian Empire. He Lost His Position At Court When He Fell In Love With The King's Daughter And Spent The Rest Of His Life As An Itinerant Bard. In 1795 He Was Killed In Haghpat Monastery By The Army Of Agha Mohammed Khan. About 220 Songs Can Be Attributed To Sayat-Nova Although He May Have Written Thousands More. Most Of His Extant Songs Are In Armenian Georgian Azeri Turkic And Persian. A Number Of Them Are Sung To This Day. He Was Also Fluent In Arabic. Sayat-Nova Is Considered By Many To Be The Greatest Ashik Folk Singer-Songwriter That Ever Lived In The Caucasus. Composer Alexander Arutiunian Wrote An Opera Called "Sayat Nova". There Is A Street And A Music School Named After Him In Yerevan Armenia As Well As An Armenian-American Dance Ensemble In The United States And A Pond Located In Mont Orford Quebec Canada. Sergei Parajanov's 1968 Film "Sayat Nova" A.K.A. The Colour Of Pomegranates - Which Was Banned In The Soviet Union - Follows The Poet's Path From His Childhood Wool-Dying Days To His Role As A Courtier And Finally His Life As A Monk. It Is Not So Much A Biography Of Sayat Nova But A Series Of Tableaux Of Armenian Costume Embroidery And Religious Ritual Interspersed With Scenes And Verses From The Poet's Life. The Soundtrack Was Composed By Tigran Mansurian. read less