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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Aram Ilich Khachaturian was first performed in 1940 and appears to have been begun in 1938, roughly halfway through the composer's life. In fact, with this work, he extends not only his own professional development in musical coding and transposing, but he pushes the art of the Concerto in all respects and in all directions and attains artistic perfection. As for the biographical details attendant to his life, he was born in Tiflis in Georgia on June 6, 1903 and died in Moscow on May 1, 1978 (Kennedy, 1997; Yuzefovich, 1985).

Of Armenian origins, he was the son of poor, hard scrabble immigrants who nonetheless did nothing to discourage his love of the folk tunes and folk music he heard around them. As Slonimsky and Kuhn (2000) point out "despite his interest, he did not study music or even learn to read it; and apart from listening, his sole experience of it was playing of simple bass parts on the tuba in his school band. Gradually, he became convinced that he was cut out to be a musician, and eventually turned up in Moscow seeking admission to the Gnessin School of Music" (Slonimsky & Kuhn, 2000, 88; Yuzefovich, 1985).

When Khachaturian's canon is discussed, the references to lyricism and romanticism are always mentioned. The Grove dictionary says "His unique musical idiom was indelibly marked by his Armenian heritage; his scores are noted for their sensuous, singing melodic writing, colorful orchestration, and elemental rhythmic drive". When the composer's name comes up in discussions and analyses today, it is usually in connection with his diverse and lyrical canon, primarily paying attention to the him as the composer of "instrumental concerti and the vivid scores for the ballets Gayne and Spartacus (the former including the brilliant 'Sabre Dance'), his output also encompassed symphonies and other works for orchestra, film and theater music, works for band, [and] chamber music."...

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