| Le, Le Khlpane - Hayrik Muradyan

Hayrik Muradyan is a unique phenomenon within Armenian popular folklore. By profession Muradyan was a historian, who rendered invaluable service for saving various popular songs from extinction. During his long life dedicated to different areas he constantly replenished traditional songlists that he had mastered and sang in his childhood (he performed more than 150 songs by heart). Hayrik Muradyan was to some degree a researcher as well. He looked for songs among his compatriots and compared them. Alongside with traditional songs spread in his native city of Shatakh he also presented the song versions of neighbouring provinces as well. This distinction makes the melodic, rhythmic or modulation differences appear quite evidently and gives musicologists the opportunity to study those melodic dialects. Besides, Muradyan provided specific information on each song, choreographic, as well as other interesting materials about the best folk singers and composers. It is also worth mentioning that Hayrik Muradyan viv