- For the town in Armenia, see Sayat-Nova, Armenia.
Sayat-Nova (Armenian: Սայաթ-Նովա; Persian/Azeri: سایاتنووا; Georgian: საიათ-ნოვა) (June 14, 1712 Tiflis– September 22, 1795, Haghpat), or 'King of Songs' is the name given to Armenian[1] poet and ashik Harutyun Sayatyan. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" For the Albanian use of the term to describe a pederastic lover see Albanian pederasty An Ashik ( aşık, aşıq, عاشیق His mother, Sara, was born in Tbilisi, and his father, Karapet, either in Aleppo or Adana. For other meanings see Aleppo (disambiguation. Halab redirects here for other meanings see Halab (disambiguation. Adana (the ancient Antioch in Cilicia or Antioch on the Sarus) is the capital of Adana Province in Turkey. He was skilled in writing poetry, singing and playing the kamancheh. This article is about the Persian kamancheh For the related but different Turkish & Armenian instrument see Kemenche. 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. Erekle II (ერეკლე II ( November 7, 1720, or October 7, 1721 to [[Cyril Toumanoff|C Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Shirvan (Şirvan شروان also spelled as Shervan or Shirwan, is a historical region in the Caucasus and part of present-day Republic of Azerbaijan The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia He lost his place 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. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank ("Հաղպատավանք" in Armenian) is a Medieval Armenian Monastery Muḥammad Khān Qājār (1742-1797 (&lrm was the chief of the Qajar tribe
About 220 songs can be attributed to Sayat-Nova, although he may have written thousands altogether. Most of his extant songs are in Armenian, Georgian and Persian. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. A number of them are sung to this day. He was also fluent in Arabic. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language
Sayat-Nova is considered by many the greatest ashough (folk singer-songwriter) that ever lived in the Caucasus (the area between the Black and the Caspian sea). Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged Sea. The world-famous Armenian composer Alexander Arutiunian wrote an opera called "Sayat Nova". Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian, also known as Arutunian or Harutiunian (b There is a street and 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. Yerevan (Երևան Երեւան or Երեվան ˌjɛrəˈvɑːn sometimes written as Erevan, Iravan, Erewan, Ayrivan, and Erivan An Armenian-American is an American whose ancestors hail either wholly or partly from Armenia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A pond is a body of water smaller than a Lake, both being examples of Terrain features Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that Mount Orford (Mont Orford is a ski resort in the Eastern Townships region of the Canadian province of Quebec, Canada Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
The 1968 art film "Sayat Nova" directed by Sergei Parajanov - 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. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Color of Pomegranates ( Armenian: Նռան գույնը Nran guyne; originally released in the Armenian SSR as Սայաթ-Նովա Sergei Parajanov (Սարգիս Հովսեփի Փարաջանյան Sargis Hovsepi Parajanyan; Georgian: სერგეი (სერგო The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective It was released in the United States under the title The Color of Pomegranates. The Color of Pomegranates ( Armenian: Նռան գույնը Nran guyne; originally released in the Armenian SSR as Սայաթ-Նովա 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.
In Armenia Sayat Nova is also considered a poet with a considerable contribution to the Armenian poetry of his century. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Despite the fact that he lived his entire life in a deeply religious society, his poems are mostly secular and full of Romantic expressionism. Secularity ( adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from Religion. Romanticism is a complex artistic literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the A book on his life and work was published by Charles Dowsett, Armenian scholar in 1997 entitled Sayat'-nova: An 18th-century Troubadour: a Biographical and Literary Study. Charles James Frank Dowsett ( 2 January 1924 – 8 January 1998) was the first Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian at the
References
- ^ Sayat-Nova. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
External links
- Armenianmusicarch.com
- Love Song translated into English by Alice Stone Blackwell
- Classical Composers Database
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
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