Հայ առաջին օրհներգուները
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2010
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Early medieval Armenian poetry was formed in the first half of the fifth century in the form of church hymnography.
The first original Armenian hymns, which were later on called Sharakans, were authored by Mesrop Mashtots and Catholicos Sahak Partev. Both based these hymns on the musical scores they composed for the psaltry which they had compiled based on the Armenian church calendar of feasts (tonatsuyts).
Mashtots wrote the repentance sharakans of lent, while Sahak Partey wrote the holy week hymns. Both in terms of phrasing and style these were dependent on the biblical texts. Generally, however, they were original both as poems and as musical scores.
Alongside religious themes and concepts, the first Armenian hymns expressed the thoughts, emotions and sentiments of the contemporary individual, as well as his/her human and humane feelings. As such, Mashtots and Sahak Partev were the initiators of Armenian medieval self-authored poetry. This poetry anchored itself on the poetic heritage of Mashtots and Sahak Partev and established its own niche in world poetry.
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Բախչինեան, Հ., «Հայ առաջին օրհներգուները», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2010, Պէյրութ, էջ 53-75