ANDUNI (Homeless) - Gomidas Vartabed - Lucine Zakarian

This song is based on the feelings of millions of homeless victims like Gomidas Vartabed of the atrocities of the turkish state during armenian holocaust 1915-1917.


LYRICS (provided by aghzar)
Sirds nman e en pladz dner,
godrer keranner, khakhder e siuner,
poon bidi tnen mech vayri havker,
yertam tzi talem en yelman keder,
ulnim tzgneroo tzakeratsn ger,
ay, ay, ay, do ladj dnaver.

Sev dzov mem desel, sibdagn er polor,
alin ge zarger chi kharni hiror,
en vorn eh desel meg dzov yergtavor?
andouni sirdn eh bghdor ou molor,
akh, isgi milnik srdig sevavor,
ay, ay, ay, do ladj dnaver


GOMIDAS VARTABED or KOMITAS (1869-1935)

One of the most renowned armenian churchmen and musician of modern times was Gomidas Vartabed, also known as Komitas and recognized as "the father of modern armenian music". He was born Soghomon Soghomonian in Keutahya, Asia Minor in 1869. His life had an interesting turn of events, when at the age of eleven, he was orphaned, and at a young age he was sent to a Seminary in Etchmiadzin to study. Because of his singing prowess, he decided to teach music at the Seminary after he completed his studies. In 1896, Soghomon was ordained a monk or "Apegha" of the Armenian Apostolic Church. A few years later he was ordained a "Vartabed", and as is the practice in the Armenian Church, assumed his new name "Komitas"(or Gomidas).

Komitas learned a great deal of music from the monks and continued to study music with the famous composer Kara-Murza, which eventually led Komitas into both secular and religious music. Komitas continued studying music (in Berlin), and in 1896, he was awarded a doctorate degree in musicology. He later returned to Etchmiadzin as a choir director, and Instructor of music at the Seminary.

Komitas wrote over three thousand songs in Armenian, Arabic, Kurdish, and Persian, and also contributed significantly to the modern Armenian Badarak (mass). His main contribution was to rediscover Armenian folk music. He spent years traveling throughout the provinces and visiting many villages listening to native songs and dances, and making notes of them for further analysis. His work in arranging and collating the folk music he had collected over the years eventually became excellent songs for chorus music, and made the public aware of the existence of true Armenian music. In addition to the folk music, Komitas arranged the entire music of the Divine Liturgy (Surp Badarak) of the Armenian Apostolic Church, for male voices.

The internationally known priest was the first non-European to be a member of the International Music Society. Komitas performed concerts in Paris, Geneva, Berne, Constantinople, Venice, and Alexandria. It is interesting to note that in the spring of 1915, during the imprisonment of more or less 700 leaders of the Armenian community for their killing, Komitas too was taken into custody. Through the efforts of Henry Morgenthau, Ambassador from the United States of America in turkey, and the turkish poet Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, who admired Komitas' work, Komitas was released.
After the April 24, 1915 massacres of the Armenian people by the Turks, he succumbed to mental and physical anguish and never fully recovered. Komitas lived as if a walking corpse for the next twenty years. The revered holy man died in Paris on October 22, 1935 in a mental hospital. One year after his death his ashes were transferred to Yerevan and interred in the Yerevan Pantheon. In the 1950's his manuscripts were transported from Paris to Yerevan where they were being studied and published. You can read more about him in the following adress: www.komitas.am


LUSINE ZAKARIAN (soprano)

Born Svetlana Zakarian (*1937,Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR - +1992, Armenia), was an armenian opera and academic music singer (soprano). She grew up in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia. In 1952 she moved with her family to Yerevan, where she attended a secondary music school. She entered the Yerevan Conservatory in 1957 and her singing talent soon became clear. From 1970 to 1983 Zakarian was a soloist with the symphony orchestra of Armenian TV and Radio. She also sang in the choir of the Armenian Apostolic Church's cathedral at Echmiadzin. Zakarian was known for singing the international opera repertoire as well as armenian traditional and church music.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• GOMIDAS
• KOMITAS
• ZAKARIAN
• ANDUNI
• HOMELESS
• ARMENIAN
• MUSIC
• RAP
• RABIZ

[Sanchuniathon]

Dear Kutahyatsi,

Thank you! I was walking around Cambridge, MA singing this song last night and this morning I figured I'd look it up. I'd forgotten that Lucine Zakarian, whom I heard sing the Badarak once in Echmiadzin, had left us, so long ago... Noren khorabes shnorhagal em, paregam! Jachoghut'iun, James

[keutahiatsi]

Charjer ieghpair. Ashkhadink vor mer ieridasartnere garoghanan mer mshagutain koharnere artaroren arjekavorel. Gomidase iskapes hamashkharhain kantz e barkevel amen meg horinadz ierkov. Ies al chapazantz urakh em kez nershnchelu kone bah me ko geanken. Polor haieres unink Lusinein bes hariuravor "paregamner" voronk mez ge dzanotatznen andeselov jamanag gam daradzutiun. Tuil dank vor badaninere naiev garoghanan zirar janacel mer harazad mshaguitov. Hampurum u voghchakurum em polor haierin.

[hoynarnar]

well done! very impressive!

i was going to put this song by the voice of Lusine on YouTube!!! but now i see you already did it! :)

great job!

[keutahiatsi]

Charjer pnav.

[Gregory10000000000]

Wonderful lyrics,beautiful composition and heavenly voice.Three perfect combinations for a musical gem.Thank you for posting.

[keutahiatsi]

Thanks for you cometary.

[nostalgiahistoria67]

Viva Komitas Vardepet! Viva Armenia!

[lakiiz]

my grandfather felt homeless too when armenians killed 2 of his sons before the so called genocide. let's just mourn our losses together.

[MuzaPiano]

Thanks for the video!!!! But why don't you write who plays the piano? That's Marianna Harutyunyan ,a wonderful pianist

[MuzaPiano]

Thanks for the video!!!! But why don't you write who plays the piano? That's Marianna Harutyunyan ,a wonderful pianist

[Karine8158]

Կոմիտաս «Անտունի» Սիրտս նման է էն փըլած տըներ, Կոտրէր գերաններ, խախտեր է սըներ. Բուն պիտի դընեն մէջ վայրի հաւքեր. Երթամ, ձի թալեմ էն ելման գետեր. Ըլնիմ ձկներու ձակերանցըն կեր: Ա՜յ, տօ լա՜ճ տընաւեր: Սեւ ծով մեմ տեսէ, սիպտակն էր բոլոր,

Ալին կը զարնէր, չէր խառնի հիրոր. Էն ո՞րն է տեսէ մէկ ծովն երկաթաւոր,

Անտունի սիրտն է պղտոր ու մոլոր:

Ա՜խ, իսկի մի լնիք սըրտիկ սեւաւոր: Ա՜յ, տօ լա՜ճ տընաւեր:

[Babanacaz]

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