Hrachia Melikyan
12 Pieces

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for cello and piano

Level: advanced
Duration: 26'
Genre: contemporary
Series: Armenian Composers Series
Composed: 1985

Reference: VC10
CHF33.00

Details

Published: 2010
Publisher: Editions Bim

Composer

Hrachia Melikyan (1947-2006)

Hrachia Melikyan, a talented exponent of the Armenian contemporary school of composition, was born in 1947 in Yerevan, Armenia. He graduated from the Yerevan State Conservatory’s Department of Comp... Read more

About 12 Pieces

Melodic and harmonic unity

The cyclical architectonic design of the composition creates an underlying melodic and harmonic unity, with the cello and the piano alternatively complementing or contradicting each other. The different tempi of the “12 Pieces” similarly follow the same contradictory principle. Nonetheless, as a complete entity, the "12 Pieces" constitute a single musical narrative.