Cinco de Mayo

It's "Cinco de Mayo" today. In honor of this special occasion, I thought I'd offer you a few Armenian folk songs.

Armenia is in South America, right?

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These pieces are by the very prolific Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness, from his collection 12 Armenian Folk Songs (Opus 43).

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While this is among the easiest of his piano works, it does offer some challenges to me. Unusual scales and meters, for instance. I have no doubt I've totally botched some of these.

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Nonetheless, I've had great fun learning these. I'm sorry I neglected Hovhaness for so long!

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The rest of the collection is coming soon, along with some commentary. But I really need to go watch American Idol now!