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Tigran Mansurian
Country of origin:
Armenia
Birthday:
January 27, 1939
About Tigran Mansurian
Tigran Mansurian, the son of Armenian parents, was born on 27 January 1939 in Beirut (Lebanon), where he attended the French Catholic School. In 1947 he and his family returned to their homeland. After having attended a special music school, Mansurian studied composition at the Yerevan Conservatory, where he subsequently taught music analysis with special emphasis on New Music.
Within the space of only a few years he advanced to become one of Armenia’s leading composers. As time went on he developed friendly artistic relationships with composers such as A. Volkonsky, E. Denisov, A. Schnittke, S. Gubaidulina and A. Pärt, and with performers such as N. Gutman, O. Kagan, K. Georgian, and later with Kim Kashkashian and Eduard Brunner. At the beginning of the 1990s Mansurian was appointed director of the Yerevan Conservatory. In recent years he has devoted himself exclusively to composition.
Mansurian’s work includes orchestral works, seven concertos for string instruments and orchestra, sonatas for violoncello and piano, three string quartets, choral music, chamber music, and works for solo instruments. Mansurian has said that his models were the Armenian composer Komitas and Claude Debussy. Early in his career he became acquainted with the music of Pierre Boulez, and was soon able to make deft use of complicated modern compositional techniques.
In the course of time he developed an increasingly simple and almost liturgical kind of style. He attained to a terse and economical mode of expression which in a mystical kind of way combines ancient and modern elements. Mansurian’s music reflects the heritage of the venerable musical tradition of Armenia, which dates back more than a thousand years and ranges from the melodies of mediaeval ecclesiastical chant to specific scalar systems and musical forms. The composer’s sensitivity and his understanding of the spirit of the age find expression in his attempt to rebuild the musical bridges that were destroyed in the final years of the twentieth century.
Mansurian’s music is lyrical. And the lyrical images of his music possess a suggestive power which, despite its reductionist slant, none the less makes it sound emotional.
Within the space of only a few years he advanced to become one of Armenia’s leading composers. As time went on he developed friendly artistic relationships with composers such as A. Volkonsky, E. Denisov, A. Schnittke, S. Gubaidulina and A. Pärt, and with performers such as N. Gutman, O. Kagan, K. Georgian, and later with Kim Kashkashian and Eduard Brunner. At the beginning of the 1990s Mansurian was appointed director of the Yerevan Conservatory. In recent years he has devoted himself exclusively to composition.
Mansurian’s work includes orchestral works, seven concertos for string instruments and orchestra, sonatas for violoncello and piano, three string quartets, choral music, chamber music, and works for solo instruments. Mansurian has said that his models were the Armenian composer Komitas and Claude Debussy. Early in his career he became acquainted with the music of Pierre Boulez, and was soon able to make deft use of complicated modern compositional techniques.
In the course of time he developed an increasingly simple and almost liturgical kind of style. He attained to a terse and economical mode of expression which in a mystical kind of way combines ancient and modern elements. Mansurian’s music reflects the heritage of the venerable musical tradition of Armenia, which dates back more than a thousand years and ranges from the melodies of mediaeval ecclesiastical chant to specific scalar systems and musical forms. The composer’s sensitivity and his understanding of the spirit of the age find expression in his attempt to rebuild the musical bridges that were destroyed in the final years of the twentieth century.
Mansurian’s music is lyrical. And the lyrical images of his music possess a suggestive power which, despite its reductionist slant, none the less makes it sound emotional.
Worklist
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Works for Viola and PercussionComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Performing score, 2 copies requiredBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: viola and percussion (1 player: marimba, vibraphone, Woodblock, Thai gong, marimba, Tamtam, suspended cymbal)Product number: BEL 677Product TypeAs low as £16.50 -
for piano trioComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: violin, cello and pianoProduct number: BEL 671Product TypeAs low as £16.99 -
for clarinet in B, violin, cello and pianoComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: violin, clarinet (in Bb), cello and pianoProduct number: BEL 741Product TypeAs low as £16.99 -
for viola and 4 male voicesComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: voice and pianoProduct number: BEL 423Product TypeAs low as £22.99 -
für Flöte, Violine, Kontrabass und CembaloSpecial Price £12.38 Regular Price £16.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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for viola and pianoComposer: Tigran MansurianBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: viola and pianoProduct number: BEL 422Product TypeAs low as £8.50 -
Version for soprano saxophone and tenor saxophoneComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Performing scoreBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: 2 saxophones (S/T)Product number: BEL 617Product TypeAs low as £5.99 -
for soprano saxophone and violaComposer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing score, 2 copiesBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: soprano saxophone and violaProduct number: BEL 614£6.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Tigran MansurianSeries: Lamento
Brand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: violin soloProduct number: BEL 666Product TypeAs low as £6.99 -
Composer: Tigran MansurianSeries: Lamento
Brand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: violaProduct number: BEL 665Product TypeAs low as £5.99 -
für OrchesterSpecial Price £18.74 Regular Price £24.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: BEL 587£4.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
for Viola soloComposer: Tigran MansurianBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: violaProduct number: BEL 669Product TypeAs low as £5.99 -
for clarinet soloComposer: Tigran MansurianBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: clarinetProduct number: BEL 673Product TypeAs low as £6.99 -
Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Performing score, and set of partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: piano trioProduct number: BEL 661£17.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
für Violoncello und KlavierSpecial Price £20.24 Regular Price £26.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Composer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 714Product TypeAs low as £19.99 -
Composer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 672Product TypeAs low as £22.99 -
Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 557-10£13.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 557£16.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
for violin, viola and celloComposer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: violin, viola and celloProduct number: BEL 664Product TypeAs low as £12.99 -
Composer: Alexander Knaifel | Tigran Mansurian | Alfred Schnittke | Pēteris Vasks | Alexander WustinMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: exempla nova , 189
Brand: Sikorski
Instrumentation: celloProduct number: SIK1889Special Price £18.74 Regular Price £24.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Tigran MansurianEdition: Score and partsBrand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: BEL 670Product TypeAs low as £7.99 -
(Der Schatten des Fensters)Composer: Tigran MansurianMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: PartiturSeries: "The Shadow of The Sash"
Brand: Belaieff Musikverlag
Instrumentation: 9 wind instrumentsProduct number: BEL 584£10.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days