Kurdish melodies explained

"Kurdish melodies (Armenian: Քրդական եղանակներ|K'rdakan yeghanakner|translation=Kurdish melodies,^{[1] [2]} Kurdish: Awazên Kurdî^[3]) is a collection of Kurdish folk songs collected and transcribed by Armenian composer Komitas during field work among Kurds and published in December 1903.^[4] Despite collecting a large amount of Kurdish melodies, most of them were lost, and Kurdish melodies became the only publication of Kurdish songs by Komitas.^{[5] [6]} Kurdish melodies would consequently become the first publication of Kurdish music.^[4]

Work

In his transcription, Komitas stayed loyal to the authentic structure of the songs and kept the unique Kurdish melodic structure.^[7] Most of the songs were epic songs.^[8] Komitas aspired to write down, preserve and make available the musical national heritage of the Kurdish people. For this, he sought to rest on authenticity. Moreover, he was keen on not collecting songs from the cities since he thought of them as corrupted and therefore spent most of his time in villages among locals.^[6] He began collecting Kurdish songs in the mid-1800s before returning to Echmiadzin in 1899.^[9]

The songs were collected around Mount Ararat.^[10]

Songs

The thirteen songs that comprises Kurdish melodies:^{[2] [11]}

1. Ghandili Siapusch (Armenian: Ղանդիլի Սիափուշ|)
2. Lelil Medjnum (Kurdish: [[Layla and Majnun|Leyla û Mecnûn]], Armenian: Լեյլի Մէջնում|)
3. Djanbalie (Armenian: Ջամբալիէ|)
4. Hasan Agha (Armenian: Հասան աղա|)
5. Mirza Agha (Armenian: Միրզա աղա|)
6. Khullekh Giaro I (Armenian: Քուլլըք Գեարօ|)
7. Khullekh Giaro II (Armenian: Քուլլըք Գեարօ|)
8. Mamzin (Kurdish: [[Mem and Zin|Mem û Zîn]], Armenian: Մամզին|)
9. Darwischi Awdi (Kurdish: Dewrêşê Evdî, Armenian: Դարվիշի Աւդի|)
10. Sewahadje (Armenian: Սեւահաջէ|)
11. Hamede Schange (Armenian: Համըդէ Շանգե|)
12. Hame Musa (Armenian: Համէ Մուսէ|)
13. Sairan (Kurdish: Seyran, Armenian: Սէյրան)

See also

• Aram Tigran
• Armenian–Kurdish relations
• Karapetê Xaço
• Kurdish music

Further reading

• Heciyê Cindî (Ն.Հ. Ջաուարի) . Կոմիտասը և քրդական երաժշտությունը . Պատմա-բանասիրական հանդես . 1965 . 4 . 188–192 . 25 March 2020 . Komitas and Kurdish music . hpj.asj-oa.am . hy.

Notes and References

1. K'rdakan eghanakner = Mélodies kurdes / recueillies par Archimandrite Comitas. 25 March 2020 . . 1–12. fr, ku, hy.
2. Book: Geodakyan . G. . Atayan . R. . Հայ ժողովրդական և աշուղական երգեր, նվագներ: Թուրքական երգեր, քրդական երգեր և նվագներ: Գիրք Զ . 2006 . Gitutyun . 117. . 25 March 2020 . hy.
3. News: Konferansek li ser Komitas . 25 March 2020 . Yeni Özgür Politika . 23 April 2019 . ku.
4. Book: Sylvia Angelique Alajaji . Music and the Armenian Diaspora: Searching for Home in Exile . 2015 . . 9780253017765 . 168.
5. Anna Asatryan . Komitas and the ways of development of Armenian music (to the 150th anniversary of Komitas) . 2019 . 25 March 2020 . en, hy, ru.
6. Book: Vrej Nersessian . Essays On Armenian Music . 2019 . . . 978-1135879419 . 18.
7. Mélodies kurdes . April 1982 . 6 . 25 March 2020 . Tipo-Litografia Armena . en, fr, ku, hy.
8. Web site: Hasmik Barkhudaryan . Komitas and the music of nations . Regional Post . 25 March 2020 .
9. Book: Weekly News Bulletin . 1928 . USSR Society for cultural relations with foreign countries . 5 . 25 March 2020.
10. Խաչիկ Սամուելյան . կոմիտասի կեանքի եւ գործունեութեան տարեգրութիւնից . 116 . 2010 . 25 March 2020 . hy.
11. Web site: Komitas Vartabet û muzîka kurdî . Şemamok . 25 March 2020 . ku . 2015.