Masquerade (Khachaturian)

Masquerade
by Aram Khachaturian
Based onMikhail Lermontov's Masquerade
Composed1941 (incidental music)
1944 (suite)
1952 (piano)
Performed21 June 1941 (1941-06-21): Vakhtangov Theater [ru], Moscow[1]
Duration17–18 minutes[2][3]
MovementsFive

Masquerade (Russian: Маскарад) was written by Aram Khachaturian in 1941 as incidental music for a production of Mikhail Lermontov's play of the same name.[4] He turned it into a suite with five movements for an orchestra in 1944.[4] It is best known for the Waltz, widely considered one of Khachaturian's finest and most popular pieces,[5][a] second in popularity only to "Sabre Dance" from the ballet Gayane.[7]

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  5. ^ Ter-Sahakyan, Karine (7 June 2014). "Արամ Խաչատրյանը հանճար էր բառիս բուն իմաստով" (in Armenian). PanARMENIAN.Net. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Նույնիսկ երաժշտությունից անտեղյակ մարդը գիտի, թե ով է գրել «Սուսերով պարը» և Լերմոնտովի «Դիմակահանդես» դրամայի վալսը:
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  7. ^ Kotkova, Evgenia (6 June 2023). "Рубенс от музыки: европейская гармония и армянские мелодии в творчестве Арама Хачатуряна" (in Russian). TASS. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023.


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