Khachaturian: Chamber Works
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| Lezginka, for chamber ensemble | ||
| Oriental Dance, for harp |
This is a list of compositions by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. |
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| Oriental Dance, for solo harp |
This is a list of compositions by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. |
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| Prelude, for guitar |
E-flat minor is a minor scale based on E♭, consisting of the pitches E♭, F, G♭, A♭, B♭, C♭, and D♭. Its key signature consists of six flats. Its relative key is G-flat major (or enharmonically F-sharp major) and its parallel key is E-flat major. Its enharmonic equivalent, D-sharp minor, contains six sharps. The E-flat natural minor scale is: Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale are written in with accidentals as necessary. The E-flat harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are: |
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| Sonata-Fantasy in C major, for cello solo |
This is a list of notable solo cello pieces. It includes arrangements and transcriptions. |
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| Sonata-Monologue, for solo violin |
This is a list of compositions by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. |
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| Sonata-pesnya, for viola |
Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin (Russian: Михаил Фабианович Гнесин; sometimes transcribed Gnesin; 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1883 – 5 May 1957) was a Russian Jewish composer and teacher. Gnessin's works The Maccabeans and The Youth of Abraham earned him the nickname the "Jewish Glinka". |
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| Song-Poem, ‘In Honour of an Ashugh’, for violin and piano | ||
| Toccata, for harp |
Toccata (from Italian toccare, literally, "to touch", with "toccata" being the action of touching) is a virtuoso piece of music typically for a keyboard or plucked string instrument featuring fast-moving, lightly fingered or otherwise virtuosic passages or sections, with or without imitative or fugal interludes, generally emphasizing the dexterity of the performer's fingers. Less frequently, the name is applied to works for multiple instruments (the opening of Claudio Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo being a notable example). |
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| Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano in G minor |
A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, which is nearly always accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque period. |
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| Violin Sonata in G minor, op. 1 |
The Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 46, is a concerto for violin and orchestra by Aram Khachaturian composed in 1940. Dedicated to the violinist David Oistrakh, it was premiered the same year in Moscow with Oistrakh as soloist and Alexander Gauk conducting. The work blends Armenian folk influences with late-Romantic idioms and classical formal design. Widely praised for its lyrical themes and rhythmic energy, the concerto brought Khachaturian immediate acclaim and earned him a Stalin Prize and was adopted internationally. Though its popularity declined in the later twentieth century, the concerto has since regained attention and remains one of Khachaturian's most frequently performed compositions. |