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Alexander Arutiunian's lyrics & chords
Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (Arm. Ալեքսանդր Գրիգորի Հարությունյան), also known as Arutunian, Arutyunyan, Arutjunjan or Harutiunian (23 September 1920 – 28 March 2012) was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist. In 1949, he was awarded the USSR State Prize for the Motherland cantata, a graduation piece he wrote as a student at the Moscow Conservatory. He continued to win acclaim at home and abroad for his works, many of which are quickened by the folk traditions of Armenian music. Some of Arutiunian's wor...read more