Question
Answer the following about musical influences on the jazz pianist and composer Tigran Hamasyan. For 10 points each:
[10m] Hamasyan's album A Fable is influenced by the folk music of this home country of his, inspiring his songs“Kakavik” and “Rain Shadow.” A composer from this country included xylophone and trombone glissandos in a“Sabre Dance.”
ANSWER: Republic of Armenia [or Hayastan] (the composer of “Sabre Dance” is Aram Khatchaturian)
[10h] Hamasyan’s album An Ancient Observer pulls from folk music commonly played on this Caucasus and Middle Eastern double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood, which is often played in pairs.
ANSWER: duduk [or tsiranapogh; or balaban; or mey]
[10e] Fifth-century sharakans, which are these types of pieces, are included on Hamasyan’s album Luys i Luso that commemorates the Armenian Genocide. Frank Peterson heads a band named for the Gregorian type of these pieces.
ANSWER: chants [or plainchants; or plainsongs; accept Gregorian chants]
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