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Dissertation
FROM THE HISTORY OF ARMENIAN BOWING ART
Dissertation for Academic Degree of Art, Ph.D
Yerevan,Institute of Art, 1969.
Annotation by the author:
This is the first research in a completely new scientific field of Armenian musical culture- Armenian bowing art.
Yerevan,Institute of Art, 1969.
Annotation by the author:
This is the first research in a completely new scientific field of Armenian musical culture- Armenian bowing art.
SUMMARY
Chapter I. Origins of Armenian bowing art.
• Study and description of early bow instruments – ancestors of the violin, found in Armenia. One of the earliest examples in world art, an image of an ancestor of a X century violin and the first reference to the violin (Jutak) by X century poet Grigor Narekatsi.
• Information on strings and their production in Armenia during the same period of history. Medieval bow in Old Armenian Miniatures
• Study of problems in musical aesthetics, performance in the works of medieval Armenian scholars, thinkers, and musicians.
• Spread of instrumental performance in the Middle Ages. The joining of musicians into unions, and fraternities. Sayat-Nova and the generation of Ashugs(wandering minstrels) developing their tradition.
• Universalism of enlightened scholars of XVIII century, treatises of music, development of professional performance.
Chapter II. The Development of Armenian Bowing and Performing Art in the XIX Century
• Artistic portraits of musicians-virtuosos – representatives of classical Eastern instrumentalism, Sepuh, Khudaverdi, Tadevos and others. Also, representatives of professional bowing art, enriched with European technique, Grigor and Harutyun Sinanian, Aharon Msrlian and others.
• Establishment of the first Armenian Symphony Orchestra and its importance in the music of the Near East.
Chapter III. The Two Branches of Development of Armenian Performing Art
• The West-Armenian Branch, connected to European performing schools and the East-Armenian Branch connected to Russian art.
• Artistic portrait of Davit Davtian (the first Armenian laureate – Brussels, 1904), Hayk Kyutenian, Kisak Vruir (students of Cesar Thompson), and Ivan Nalbandian (disciple of Auer) and others.
Conclusion Summaries on the process of Armenian bowing art development (up to the Soviet Period) and its place and significance in Armenian musical culture.
A blue glass amphora or vase made in IX-X centuries was found during the diggings in Dvin - the ancient capital of Armenia. Kept in the National Historical Museum of Armenia.
It is commonly thought that the violin was developed in Italy in the XVI century. But not many people know that pictures of violin ancestors dating back to IX-XI century were discovered in Armenia. These interesting facts studied by violinist and scholar Anahit Tsitsikian (found by archaeologist K. Kafadarian) might be the earliest known representations of bowed instruments in the world that prove Eastern origins of violin-kind instruments.
It is commonly thought that the violin was developed in Italy in the XVI century. But not many people know that pictures of violin ancestors dating back to IX-XI century were discovered in Armenia. These interesting facts studied by violinist and scholar Anahit Tsitsikian (found by archaeologist K. Kafadarian) might be the earliest known representations of bowed instruments in the world that prove Eastern origins of violin-kind instruments.