Nikogaios Tigranjan

Nikoghayos Tigranian

Nikogaios Tigranjan ( Armenian Նիկողայոս Թադեւոսի Տիգրանյան , Russian Никогайос Тигранян even Николай Фаддеевич Тигранов Nikolai Faddejewitsch Tiganow ; born August 19 ^{. Jul} / August 31, 1856 ^greg. In Alexandropol, Russian Empire , now Gyumri , Armenia ; † 17th February 1951 in Yerevan , Armenian SSR , Soviet Union ) was a Soviet composer, pianist, music educator and folklorist of Armenian origin.

Nikoghayos Tigranian, monument

Life

Nikogaios Tigranjan grew up in an educated, art-loving family and participated in the musical life of his native Alexandropol from early childhood. He lost his sight at the age of nine. From 1873 to 1880 studied at the Institute for the Blind in Vienna . Here he was trained in music theory and by the pianist Wilhelm Schenner , who also taught at the Vienna Conservatory. In Vienna he learned different languages in addition to music. In 1880 he went back to Alexandropol. Here he began to arrange songs and dances for piano. In 1887 he published his first collection of Transcaucasian songs and folk dances for piano. It was the first time that the traditional music of Transcaucasia was broadcast for European instruments. In 1893 he studied composition with Nikolai Feopemptowitsch Solowjow and Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow in Saint Petersburg . From 1894 he traveled to Transcaucasia , the Caucasus , Russia and Europe. He taught on his travels, but also performed as a pianist. He collected traditional songs and dances, of which he also made the first sound recordings. Most of all, he collected mugham music. He often used them in the original, but also made arrangements on the piano. He was also the first to translate this music into modern, orchestral music. In 1898 he met Alexander Spendiarjan for the first time in Saint Petersburg , with whom he shared an interest in Eastern music. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 he was awarded a bronze medal for collecting and promoting oriental melodies. Activities in this area became more and more popular. In 1922 he founded a school for the blind in Alexandropol and became its director. In 1924 he opened a music school with D. Ghazarjan. He was the first to introduce Braille in Armenia . In 1934 he went to Yerevan. In the 1930s and 1940s he composed works for various instrumental ensembles and arranged his piano works for orchestra. Subsequent composers such as Alexander Spendiarjan, Michail Michailowitsch Ippolitow-Ivanov and Aram Chatschaturjan used the musical material collected by Tigranjan for their own compositions. In 1933 he was named Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR and in 1936 Hero of Labor . The art school in Gyumri was named after Tigranjan.

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

Mugamy Tschargja , 1936
Bajati Kurd , 1936
Gjarejli , 1937
Shikyasta , 1937
Eastern March, 1937

Chamber music

Schachnas for violin and piano, 1895
Bajati Schiras, Nachbarn trngi, Nowrus Arabi dljastrun for string quartet, 1936
Songs with piano accompaniment

Collections of traditional music

Transcaucasian Folk Songs and Dances, 1887
Armenian folk dances, 1896
Armenian folk dances, 1935

Web links

Works by and about Nikogaios Tigranian in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h K.E. Chudabashajan: Тигранян Н. (Russian, academic.ru [accessed November 30, 2017]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Baghdasaryan Brothers: Նիկողայոս Տիգրանյան. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nikoghayos Tigranyan. In: Music of Armenia. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ Ellen Koskoff: The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia . Routledge, 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-99404-0 (English, google.de [accessed November 30, 2017]).

personal data
SURNAME	Tigranjan, Nikogaios
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tiganow, Nikolai Faddejewitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Soviet composer, pianist, music teacher and folklorist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alexandropol, Russian Empire , today Gyumri , Armenia
DATE OF DEATH	17th February 1951
Place of death	Yerevan , Armenian SSR , Soviet Union

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h K.E. Chudabashajan: Тигранян Н. (Russian, academic.ru [accessed November 30, 2017]).

[:2-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Baghdasaryan Brothers: Նիկողայոս Տիգրանյան. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .

[:1-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nikoghayos Tigranyan. In: Music of Armenia. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .

[4] Ellen Koskoff: The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia . Routledge, 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-99404-0 (English, google.de [accessed November 30, 2017]).