Komitas Quartet - Shushiki (78rpm recording) by Sergiu S. published on 2015-04-24T09:23:20Z "Shushiki" at its origin is an Armenian folk dance tune from Vagharshapat collected and arranged for piano by Komitas (real name Soghomon Soghomonian; 1869-1935), Armenian priest, composer, choir conductor, vocalist, a pioneer of ethnomusicology, musicologist, music pedagogue. He was a victim of the Armenian Genocide officially started on April 24, 1915. This is a transcription for string quartet by Sargis Aslamazyan played by the Komitas Quartet founded in November 1924 by four Armenian music students of Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Here the performers are: Avet Gabrielyan (1st violin), Nikita Balabanyan (2nd violin), Michael Teryan (viola), Sargis Aslamazyan (cello). Recorded sometime between 1938 and 1947. Genre Komitas Comment by Omid hosseini2 π 2024-04-20T11:46:28Z Comment by SUN ποΈ 2024-02-19T17:29:57Z Comment by Garik Hakobyan π¦π²π¦π²π¦π²πͺπͺ 2023-06-03T12:11:01Z Comment by Emilya Badanz π¦π²π¦π²π¦π²π¦π²π¦π²π¦π²π¦π²π¦π² 2023-04-05T17:00:59Z Comment by AcelynnβοΈ π¦πΏπ¦πΏπ¦πΏπ 2020-07-03T10:21:53Z Comment by Murad Yahya Ukrali iz Azerbaydjansev !!! kakieje vi vorovki !!! Kak ne stidno vam esho nazivaete floklorom Armeniy !!! Vse eto Muzika Azerbaydjan turkskiy. Vi ukrali evo at Azerbaydjanskovo Kompozitora Uzeira Hadjobekova !!! 2020-05-28T21:49:24Z Comment by hanklebury Lovely use of Armenian folk influences. 2015-04-24T13:10:13Z