Armenian Dances

Armenian Dances
Part I & II
for concert band by Alfred Reed
CatalogueUPC 654979034162
Year
  • Part 1 1972 (1972)
  • Part 2 1978 (1978)
Based onArmenian folk music
PublisherC. L. Barnhouse Company
Duration
  • Part 1 10:30
  • Part 2 20:23
Movements4
Premiere
DateJanuary 10, 1973
LocationUrbana, Illinois
ConductorDr. Harry Begian
PerformersUniversity of Illinois Symphonic Band

Armenian Dances is a musical piece for concert band, written by Alfred Reed (19212005). It is a four-movement suite of which Part I comprises the first movement and Part II comprises the remaining three. The two parts comprise a full-length symphony. Each part consists of a number of Armenian folk songs from the collection of Komitas Vardapet (18691935), an Armenian ethnomusicologist.