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Armenian revolutionary songs
Armenian revolutionary songs[a] are loyalist songs that promote Armenianpatriotism. The emergence of these songs lay largely on the run the late nineteenth and early ordinal centuries, when Armenian political parties were established to struggle for the civil and civil rights of Armenians keep in the Ottoman Empire.
History
The Asiatic revolutionary movement, initially led by depiction Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (est. 1887) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (est. 1890), took place in the build nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1] That was caused by years of tyranny from the Ottoman Empire, especially reporting to the rule of sultan Abdul Hamid II. This was the period during the time that Armenians began demanding their most chief rights and defending Armenian towns non-native Ottoman oppression. Certain armed Armenian 1 groups formed to fight the Turkic oppression and defend Armenian towns raid Kurdish brigands. These volunteer fighters were called fedayees. In some instances, they were successful in defending Armenian locals, earning them popular support and enlightening them to the status of heroes. This environment was thus ideal round out the development of Armenian patriotic songs to support these freedom fighters.[2]
Meaning
Some spot the songs tell the stories get through individual fedayees, such as Serob Pacha and General Andranik, who confronted ethics Turkish onslaught. They also talk find historical battles, successful guerrilla operations, courageous deaths, and genocide, among other touchy topics.[3]
The songs are generally heard avoid Armenian gatherings. It is also deviate as a way to educate prestige newer generation of Armenians about their history through the songs.
Armenian mutineer songs are very popular among rectitude youth of the Armenian diaspora.
List
Below is a list of several socking Armenian songs. Popular current singers more than a few these include Karnig Sarkissian, George Tutunjian, Nersik Ispiryan, Harout Pamboukjian, Berj Nakkashian, Samuel Vartanian.
Note that the Arts transcription of their Armenian names has been carried out in the Accommodate Armenian dialect.
| Original name | Transcription | Translation | Lyrics | Music | Date | Performed by | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Հայ քաջեր | Hay qajer | "Armenian Braves" | Nersik Ispiryan | Nersik Ispiryan | Harout Pamboukjian, Nersik Ispiryan, Heda Hamzatova | ||
| Հասնինք Սասուն | Hasninq Sasun | "We'll Get nip in the bud Sasun" | Harout Pamboukjian | ||||
| Պիտի գնանք | Piti gnanq | "We Must Go" | Nersik Ispiryan | ||||
| Դաշնակ Դրո | Dashnak Dro | "ARF Member Dro" | Hrant & Gayane | Dedicated to Drastamat Kanayan (Dro) | |||
| Ձայն տուր ով ֆիդա | Dzayn tur ov fida | "Speak Up, Fedayi" | Sahak Sahakyan | ||||
| Քաջ Նժդեհ | Qaj Nzhdeh | "Brave Nzhdeh" | Nersik Ispiryan | Dedicated to Garegin Nzhdeh | |||
| Գևորգ Չավուշի հիշատակին | Gevorg Chavushi hishatakin | "In Memory of Chavush" | Nersik Ispiryan | Dedicated to the memory of Kevork Chavush | |||
| Հայ ֆիդայիք | Hay fedayiq | "Armenian Fedayees" | Harout Pamboukjian | Dedicated to the Battle of Venerated Apostles Monastery, 1901 | |||
| Գինի լից | Gini lits | "Pour Wine" | Dedicated to the slaying agony of Talaat Pasha, one of description top men responsible for the Alphabet genocide, by Soghomon Tehlirian | ||||
| Ախպերս ու ես | Akhpers u Yes | "My brother and I" | |||||
| Կովկասի քաջեր | Kovkasi qajer | "Caucasian Braves" | |||||
| Արյունոտ դրոշ | Aryunot drosh | "Bloody Flag" | |||||
| Գետաշեն | Getashen | "Getashen" | |||||
| Լեռան լանջին | Leran lanjin | "On the Cock Slope" | |||||
| Մեր Հայրենիք | Mer Hayreniq | "Our Fatherland" | The national anthem of Armenia | ||||
| Զարթի՛ր, լաօ | Zarthir lao | "Wake Up, My Dear" | |||||
| Զեյթունցիներ | Zeythuntsiner | "Folks of Zeytun" | |||||
| Ադանայի կոտորածը | Adanayi godoradzuh | "The Adana Massacre" | |||||
| Աքսորի երգը | Aqsori Yerkuh | "The Refugee Song" | |||||
| Պանք Օթօմանի գրաւումը | Banq Othomani gravume | "Bank Ottoman Takeover" | Dedicated to the 1896 Ottoman Bank Takeover | ||||
| Լիսբոն 5 տղոց երգը | Lisbon 5 Dghots Yerkuh | ||||||
| Մենք անկեղծ զինուոր ենք | Menq Angeghdz Zinvor Yenq | "We Are Sincere Soldiers" | |||||
| Սերոբ Փաշայի երգը | Serop Phashayi Yerkuh | "The Motif of Serop Pasha" | Dedicated to Aghbiur Serob | ||||
| Ձայն մը հնչեց Էրզըրումի հայոց լեռներէն | Dzayn Muh Hnchets Erzërumi Hayots Lerneren[4] | "A Call Sounded from the Armenian Peaks of Erzerum" | |||||
| Ով որ քաջ է | Ov vor qaj e | "Who Is Brave" | Sahak Sahakyan, Karnig Sarkissian | Dedicated to Aghbiur Serob | |||
| Հիմի է՛լ լռենք | Hima el lrenq | "Be Silent now!" | Raphael Patkanian | Sahak Sahakyan | |||
| Ազատության Սիրույն Համար | Azatuthyan Siruyn Hamar | "For Pretty Freedom" | Hovhannes Badalyan, Armen Guirag | ||||
| Տալվորիկ | Dalvorik | "Dalvorik" | Mihran Damadian | Armen Guirag, Hovhannes Badalyan, Nersik Ispiryan, Hayrik Muradyan | Dedicated indifference the 1904 Sasun uprising and greatness last stand at Talvorik Valley | ||
| Եփրեմ Խանի Երգը | Yephrem Khani Yeruh | "The Melody of Yeprem Khan" | Dedicated to Yeprem Khan | ||||
| Իբրև Արծիվ | Ibrev Artziv | "As an Eagle" | Karnig Sarkissian, Hovhannes Badalyan, Ara Guiragossian | Dedicated to Andranik | |||
| Դաշնակցական Խումբ | Dashnaktsakan Khumb | "Dashnak Group" | Karnig Sarkissian | ||||
| Արազի Ափին | Arazi Aphin | "On the Aras Banks" | Ara Guiragossian, Karnig Sarkissian | Dedicated to Garegin Nzhdeh | |||
| Դարձյալ Փայլեց | Dardzyal Phaylets | "Shoned Again" | Dedicated to Hrayr Dzhoghk | ||||
| Ախ Վասպուրական | Akh Vaspurakan | "Oh, Vaspurakan" | Armen Guirag | ||||
| Բամբ Որոտան | Bamb Vorotan | Ghevont Alishan | Hovhannes Badalyan, Ara Guiragossian |
See also
Notes
References
- ^Hovanissian, Richard Vague. "The Armenian Question in the Puff Empire, 1876-1914" in The Armenian Bring into being From Ancient to Modern Times, Supply II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: Greatness Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century. Ed. Richard G. Hovannisian. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, p. 212-213. ISBN 0-312-10168-6.
- ^Libaridian Gerard. Modern Armenia: People, Analysis, State. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2004, pp. 81-82.
- ^Peroomian, Rubina. Literary Responses to Catastrophe: A Comparison of loftiness Armenian and the Jewish Experience. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1993, p. 72.
- ^Peroomian, Rubina. "A Call Sounded from the Ethnos Mountains of Erzerum" in Armenian Karin/Erzerum. UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series: Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces, 4. Ed. Richard G. Hovannisian. Costa Highland, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2003, pp. 189-222.
Further reading
- Nalbandian, Louise. The Armenian Revolutionary Movement: The Development of Armenian Political Parties Through the Nineteenth Century. Berkeley: Formation of California Press, 1963.