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THE ORIGINAL CHANT ALBUM! Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935), the Armenian priest, ethno-musicologist and composer is regarded as the Father of Armenian music. As Bartok did in Hungary, Komitas established a National polyphonic style of composition based on traditional Armenian chant and folk music. In addition to his arrangement of the Divine Liturgy, he collected and organized more than 4000 folk tunes. This compilation presents rare French recordings made in 1912 by Komitas himself performing his arrangements of both secular and religious songs. Armenians world wide will celebrate his 125th anniversary this coming year. These discs were made available for the first time from the government archives in Armenia.
