Amour 18353 Lezginka

About this film

Performer: Սազանդար Գէորգ և Գէրասիմ / Сазандари Геворкъ и Герасимъ (Sazandar Georg yev Gerasim) Matrix number: 18353 Catalog number: Amour Gramophone Record C 18353 (10-inch record) Runout: N/A Content: Կարս = Карсъ Recorded by Edmund J. Pearse (= ae) in Tiflis, Georgia in February 1913. Notes The recording on the other side of this disc: Կարս Карсъ . A sazandar (Armenian սազանդար) is an Armenian folk musician. A typical sazandari ensemble can be seen on this postcard . The typical instruments are all originally derived from Persia, the tar (a plucked, long-necked and waisted string instrument), the kamancheh (a bowed string instrument), and the daf (a large frame drum). A Lezginka (Russian: Лезгинка) is the name of a North Caucasian dance characterized by a fast 6/8 rhythm. It can be danced solo by a male or danced by a couple.

Directors & creators

Sazandar Georg yev Gerasim

Subjects

78rpm, Ethnic. Armenian, Instrumental

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