| Work Title
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Tsitsernakabert
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| Alternative. Title
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For Modern Dance and Six Musicians
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| Composer
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Kasparov, Andrey Rafailovich
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IAK 11
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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2007-8
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| First Performance.
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2008/03
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| Language
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Armenian
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| Dedication
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The work was inspired by the memorial of the same name, designed by the architects Sashur Kalashian and Artur Tarkhanyan, located in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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25 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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| Piece Style
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Modern
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| Instrumentation
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alto flute, bass/ contrabass flute, violin, two percussionists, and mezzo-soprano
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| Extra Information
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Dances co-choreographed by Beverly Cordova Duane and Christina Yoshida. The work opens with eight dancers posed in a circle, inclined toward the circle's centre, in a tableau reminiscent of the eponymous memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
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