- An
ashik (Azerbaijani: aşıq; Turkish: âşık) or
ashugh (Armenian: աշուղ; Georgian: აშუღი): 1365 is
traditionally a singer-poet and bard who accompanies...
- semi-professional
musicians called ashughs (Armenian: աշուղ), who pla****
instruments like the
kamancha and saz. Sayat-Nova, an 18th-century
ashugh and poet, is revered...
- Sayatyan; 14 June 1712 – 22
September 1795) was an
Armenian poet,
musician and
ashugh, who had
compositions in a
number of languages. The name Sayat-Nova has...
-
traditional Azerbaijani music is
divided into two
distinct types, the
music of "
ashugh" and the "mugham". Mugham,
despite its
similarity to
Persian classical music...
-
Armenian ashughs (folk musicians). It has been
compared to
Mount Parn****us in Greece,
which was the home of the Muses. The
prominent 18th-century
ashugh Sayat-Nova...
- evidences. The
county has been
known as the
epicenter of
Arasbaran school of
Ashugh music. The
mountainous terrain, and the socio-cultural
upheavals of the...
-
Stepani Benkoyan, Armenian: Սերովբե Ստեփանի Բենկոյան), was an
Armenian ashugh (bard) and poet.
Jivani was born in Kartsakhi, near Akhalkalaki, Georgia...
-
medieval Armenia. In Armenia, the term
gusan is
often used as a
synonym for
ashugh, a singer-poet and bard. The word
gusan is
first mentioned in
early Armenian...
- Shorot, Nakhijevan,
Safavid Iran – 1722, Shorot) was an
Armenian poet,
ashugh, painter, and
founder of the
Hovnatanian artistic family. He is considered...
- Abuʾl-Qasim,
dated 1816.
Woman playing kamancheh, ca. 1820. The
Armenian ashugh Sayat-Nova
playing a kamanacheh, ca. 1964.
Azerbaijani kamancheh player...
