List of compositions by Aram Khachaturian
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Ballets

  • Shchastye ("Happiness"; Erevan, 1939)
  • Gayane (1939–41), which includes the famous Sabre Dance
    Sabre Dance
    "The Sabre Dance" is a movement in the final act of the ballet Gayane , written by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian's and completed in 1942. It evokes a whirling war dance in an Armenian dance, where the dancers display their skill with sabres. Its middle section incorporates an Armenian folk...

  • Spartacus
    Spartacus (ballet)
    Spartacus, or Spartak, is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian . The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War, although the ballet's storyline takes considerable liberties with the historical record. Khachaturian composed...

     (1950–54)

Orchestral

  • Symphonies
    • Symphony No. 1 (1934)
    • Symphony No. 2 The Bell Symphony (two versions: 1943, 1944)
    • Symphony No. 3 Symphony-Poem (1947)
  • Dance Suite (1933)
  • Suite from Gayane No. 1 (1943)
  • Suite from Gayane No. 2 (1943)
  • Suite from Gayane No. 3 (1943)
  • State Anthem of the Armenian SSR
    Anthem of Armenian SSR
    The State Anthem of the Armenian SSR was the national anthem of Armenia when it was a republic of the Soviet Union and known as the Armenian SSR.-Background:The anthem was used from 1944 to 1991...

     (1944)
  • The Russian Fantasy (1944)
  • Suite from Masquerade
    Masquerade Suite
    The Masquerade suite is an orchestral work by the Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, composed in 1944, based on his incidental music to Mikhail Lermontov's play Masquerade.-Notes and references:...

     (1944)
  • Ode in Memory of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1948)
  • Suite from Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
  • Triumphal Poem, a festive poem (1950)
  • Suite from The Valencian Widow (1952)
  • Suite from Spartacus No. 1 (1955)
  • Suite from Spartacus No. 2 (1955)
  • Suite from Spartacus No. 3 (1955)
  • Symphonic Pictures from Spartacus (1955)
  • Salutatory Overture (1958)
  • Suite from Lermontov (1959)

Vocal orchestral

  • Poem about Stalin (1938)
  • Three Arias (Poem, Legend, Dithyramb), for high pitched voice and orchestra (1946)
  • Ode of Joy, ballade for female soloist, chorus, violins, harps, and orchestra (1956)
  • Ballade about Motherland, for soloist and symphony orchestra (1961)

Concerti

  • Piano Concerto
    Piano Concerto (Khachaturian)
    Aram Khachaturian's Piano Concerto in D-flat major, Op. 38, was composed in 1936. It was his first work to bring him recognition in the West, and it immediately entered the repertoire of many notable pianists....

     (1936)
  • Violin Concerto
    Violin Concerto (Khachaturian)
    Aram Khachaturian's Violin Concerto in D minor was completed in 1940 and dedicated to the great Russian violinist David Oistrakh, who premièred the concerto in Moscow on November 16, 1940. Oistrakh advised Khachaturian on the composition of the solo part and also wrote his own cadenza that markedly...

     (1940), transcribed for flute in 1968 by French
    French people
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     flautist
    Flautist
    A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...

     Jean-Pierre Rampal
    Jean-Pierre Rampal
    Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal was a French flautist. He has been personally "credited with returning to the flute the popularity as a solo classical instrument it had not held since the 18th century."-Early years:...

     at Khachaturian's encouragement
  • Cello Concerto
    Cello Concerto (Khachaturian)
    Aram Khachaturian wrote his Cello Concerto in E minor in 1946 for Sviatoslav Knushevitsky. It was the last of the three concertos he wrote for the individual members of a renowned Soviet piano trio that performed together from 1941 until 1963...

     (1946)
  • Concerto-Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1961)
  • Concerto-Rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1963)
  • Concerto-Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (1968)

Instrumental

  • Roaming Ashug's Song for cello and piano (1925)
  • Elegy for Cello and Piano (1925)
  • Piece for Cello and Piano (1926)
  • Dance No. 1 for violin and piano (1926)
  • Dream for cello and piano (1927)
  • Pantomime for oboe and piano (1927)
  • Allegretto for violin and piano (1929)
  • Song-Poem (in Honor of Ashugs) for violin and piano (1929)
  • Mass Dance for bayan
    Bayan (accordion)
    The bayan is a type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century and named after 11th-century bard Boyan.-Characteristics:The bayan differs from western chromatic button accordions in some details of construction:...

     (1932)
  • Violin Sonata (1932)
  • Nocturne from Masquerade for violin and piano (1941)
  • Sonata for Solo Cello (1974)
  • Sonata-Song for Solo Viola (1976)

Piano

  • Poem (1925)
  • Poem (1926)
  • Waltz-Etude (1926)
  • Andantino (1926)
  • Variations on the Theme "Solveig" (1928)
  • Seven Recitatives and Fugues (1928, 1966)
  • Suite (Toccata
    Toccata (Khachaturian)
    The Toccata in E-flat minor is a piece for solo piano written in 1932 by Aram Khachaturian. It is a favourite of piano students, and has been recorded many times.Khachaturian wrote this work as the first movement of a three-movement suite for piano:* Toccata...

    , Waltz-Capriccio, Dance) (1932; the Toccata is now best known as a piece separate from the suite)
  • Dance No. 3 (1933)
  • March No. 3 (1934)
  • Budenovka, a mass dance (undated)
  • Choreographic Waltz (1944)
  • Three Pieces (Ostinato, Romance, Fantastic Waltz) (1945)
  • Album for Children No. 1, 10 pieces (1947)
  • Waltz from Masquerade (1952)
  • Piano Sonatina (1959)
  • Piano Sonata (1961)
  • Album for Children No. 2 (1965)

Incidental music

  • Uncle Baghdasar (1927)
  • Khatabala (1928)
  • Oriental Dentist (1928)
  • Debt of Honor (1931)
  • Macbeth (1933)
  • Devastated Home (1935)
  • Great Day (1937)
  • Baku (1937)
  • The Valencian Widow (1940)
  • Masquerade
    Masquerade (Khachaturian)
    The Incidental music to Masquerade was written in 1941 by Aram Khachaturian for a production of Russian poet and playwright Mikhail Lermontov's play of the same name. It premiered on 21 June 1941 in the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow...

     (1941)
  • Kremlin Chimes (1942)
  • Sound Scout (1943)
  • The Last Day (1945)
  • Southern Bale (1947)
  • Tale About The Truth (1947)
  • Ilya Golovin (1949)
  • Spring Current (1953)
  • Guardian Angel from Nebraska (1953)
  • Lermontov (1954)
  • Macbeth (1955)
  • King Lear (1958)

Film scores

  • Pepo
    Pepo (film)
    Pepo is an Armenian film directed by Hamo Beknazarian which is based on Gabriel Sundukyan's 1876 play of the same name. Pepo was the first Armenian sound film ever created...

     (1934-5)
  • Zangezur
    Zangezur (1938 film)
    Zangezur is a 1938 Soviet Armenian film by Hamo Beknazarian about Dashnak opposition to the incursion of the Red Army and the local Bolshevik partisans in the Armenian province of Zangezur at the time of Sovietization. The film featured Hrachia Nersisyan, Avet Avetisyan, and Hasmik Agopyan....

     (1937-8)
  • The Garden (1938)
  • Salavat Yulayev
    Salavat Yulayev (film)
    Salavat Yulayev is a 1941 Soviet film directed by Yakov Protazanov, about Bashkir national hero, poet Salawat Yulayev and Pugachev's Rebellion.-Cast:* Arslan Muboryakov * Mikhail Bolduman * Sergei Blinnikov * Nikolai Kryuchkov...

     (1939)
  • Girl No. 217
    Girl No. 217
    Girl No. 217 is a 1945 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Romm. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.An anti-Nazi film, it depicted a Russian girl enslaved to an inhuman German family. She is even robbed of her name and forced to answer to "No. 217". Subplots depict abuse...

     (1945)
  • The Russian Question (1947)
  • They Have a Native Country (1948)
  • Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1948)
  • The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
  • Secret Mission (1950)
  • Admiral Ushakov (1953)
  • Ships Storming the Bastions (1953)
  • Saltanat (1955)
  • Undying Flame (1956)
  • Othello
    Othello (1955 film)
    Othello is a 1955 Soviet drama film directed by Sergei Yutkevich, based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sergei Bondarchuk - Othello* Irina Skobtseva - Desdemona...

    (1955)
  • Romeo and Juliet (1956)
  • The Duel (1957)
  • The Tocsin of Peace (1962)

Brass Band

  • Combat March No. 1
  • Combat March No. 2 (1930)
  • Dancing Music (on the theme of an Armenian song) (1932)
  • March No. 3 (Uzbek March) (1932)
  • Dance (on the theme of an Armenian song) (1932)
  • To The Heroes of the Patriotic War, a march (1942)
  • March of the Moscow Red Banner Militia (1973)
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