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Wikipedia article




"'Kurdish melodies' (, ) is a collection of Kurdish folk songs collected and transcribed by Armenian composer Komitas during field work among Kurds and published in December 1903. 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. 'Kurdish melodies' would consequently become the first publication of Kurdish music.

Work



, 1901 by H. F. B. Lynch

In his transcription, Komitas stayed loyal to the authentic structure of the songs and kept the unique Kurdish melodic structure. Most of the songs were epic songs. 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 these were corrupted and therefore spent most of his time in villages among locals. He began collecting Kurdish songs in the mid-1800s before returning to Echmiadzin in 1899.

The songs were collected around Mount Ararat.

Songs



The thirteen songs that comprises 'Kurdish melodies':

#'Ghandili Siapusch'

#'Lelil Medjnum' (, )

#'Djanbalie'

#'Hasan Agha'

#'Mirza Agha'

#'Khullekh Giaro I'

#'Khullekh Giaro II'

#'Mamzin' (, )

#'Darwischi Awdi' (, )

#'Sewahadje'

#'Hamede Schange'

#'Hame Musa'

#'Sairan' (, )

See also



*Aram Tigran

*ArmenianKurdish relations

*Karapet Xao

*Kurdish music

References



Further reading



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Category:1903 songs

Category:Armenian songs

Category:Folk songs

Category:Kurdish music

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