Talk:Music of Armenia

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[edit] Article removed from Wikipedia:Good articles

This article was formerly listed as a good article, but was removed from the listing because it's missing important topics, and is badly organized

I just wonder where did anyone get that stupid photo that is now present in so many Armenian topics. It's a very ugly photo of probably some drunk village musicians playing to get their daily vodka money, and Armenian music is much more than that. Consider putting a photo of Komitas, of Khachaturian, of Meschian after all, but not of some unknown villagers with red faces...

I totally agree with the statement. A photo of Komitas Vardapet, the founder of modern Armenian music, would be most appropriate.

The sentence which specified Fresno, California as the only Armenian community where Armenian music is still very much alive is not charitable to communities of Armenians worldwide. Armenian music is revered in Armenian communities worldwide. Noki, in response to the deletion of the inappropriate sentence.

It specifically says the exact opposite of what you claim. "Armenian immigrant communities have maintained their folk traditions". Nowhere does it claim or imply that Fresno is the only place Armenian music is alive. I will insert a footnote specifically citing the "especially Fresno" bit. Tuf-Kat 06:11, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah such a nice article! I just read a part of it in which Raisa Mkrtchian Bella Darbinian Tatevik are in the same raw with Emmy and Aida Sargsyan or whoever. After that I went to bathroom to throw up. Isn't it really disgusting? I am going to kick the names of these idiots from that sentence. They have a long long way to go to be there. Armenian_NY

[edit] Kim Kashkashian

Kim Kashkashian, a violist and professor of viola at New England Conservatory, is of Armenian descent. She recorded the music of Tigran Mansurian and Komitas in 2003, along with Tigran Mansurian on piano and Robyn Schulkowsky on percussion. I think she outght to be mentioned.Dpafundi 22:34, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What about Paul and Harout???

Yes this article is indeed missing a lot of important points... but what I found especially strange is that neither Paul Baghdadlian nor Harout Pamboukjian are mentioned, and yet, despite being totally pop music & not intellectual in any way, they are two out of three most popular singers of music sung in the Armenian language (the third being Adiss Harmandyan, who is mentioned) Every year, since the 1970s (the 1960s in Adiss' case) and still going, thousands of Armenians (even mixed families) celebrate their weddings, their engagements, their children's baptisms and all other types of private or cultural community events singing & dancing along to Paul Baghdadlian's classic renditions of "Harsntsou", "Sev Acher", "Hye Aghchig", and Harout Pamboukjian's "Ha Nina", "Zokanch", etc. Either by playing the CDs or having them performed by bands that would never get a single gig if they weren't familiar with that repertoire. It seems to me like the person who wrote this article simply did a short internet research on the subject of Armenian music, and indeed ended up very short on information, due to the lack of information there is about Armenian music available online. I don't believe they have often (if ever) been to events where Armenian music is played. They are certainly not familiar with the role Armenian music plays for actual real-life communities and admirers of Armenian music. We need more real information about Armenian music online. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.80.187.216 (talk) 08:30, 21 February 2007 (UTC).