Drazark Publishing
The establishment of the Drazark Press by the Lark Musical Society must be considered as one of the most important aspects of this society’s overall educational mission. Over the years, LARK has published important books and monographs on various topics related to Armenian music, all of them the result of accomplished scholarly research and cultural commitment. One can easily surmise the general breadth and scope of Lark’s literary offerings from this list alone. Anyone with a serious interest in Armenian music could choose titles from among these works which could serve to increase his knowledge about the long and great tradition of musical creation and performance of this small, but productive people.
Formed in 1994, Drazark Press aims to publish and put into circulation two categories of texts:
• Works that have been developed, discovered, or compiled through Lark’s Research Department
• Works by musicologists and music scholars that address further aspects of Armenian Music and Cultural Life
Composers
- Tigran Tchouhadjian His Life and Work by Nikoghos K. Tahmizian [1999]
- Edward Mirzoyan, Fragments by Armen Budaghian (In Armenian:Russian) [2005]
- Important Observation on the Life and Work of Alexander Spendarian by Nikoghos K. Tahmrizian (In Armenian) [1997]
- Armen Tigranian and his Opera “Anoush” by Nikoghos Tahmizian (In Armenian) [1997]
- Sayat Nova – Daftar. Facsimile edition of the great minstrel’s handbook (In Armenian) [2009]
Scores
- Anthology of Piano Pieces By Modern Armenian Composers – compiled by Artur Avanesov [2010]
- Heron for Voice and Piano by Tom C. Weaver Lyrics by Al Miller [1999]
- Leblebiji Opera Comique by Dikran Tchouhadjian [2004]
- Songs of Life – Armenian Songs for Children by Ankne Mouadian [1999]
- Sonnet Lawrence of Arabia by T. Weaver [1995]
- The Fog by T. Weaver [1999]
- Three Deer by T. Weaver [1998]
- Tigran Mansurian – Ars Poetica [2001]
- Tigran Mansurian – Songs of Spring [1995]
- Tzakhkepunj – A Boquet of Songs Dedicated to Arpine Pehlivinian [1999] (In Armenian)
- Wild Geese by T. Weaver [1998]
- Zemire, Opera Semiseria by Dikran Tchouhadjian [2008]
- Zvart Operette by Dikran Tchouhadjian [2004]
Ethnomusicology
- “Sasnats Tzrer” The Armenian Folk Epic by Arusiak Sahakian and Alina Pahlevanian (In Armenian) [1996]
- A Collection of Folk and Ashough songs from Peria province in Ispahan, Iran (In Armenian) [1999]
- An Ethno-musilogical Collection opf Palou and It’s Neghboring Areas by Petros Alahadoyan (In Armeniain) [2009]
- Classification of Hymns of the Armenian Apostolic Church, vol. 1 by Archdeacon Kevork Panoyan [2009]
- Komitas – Essays and Articles translated by Vatsche Barsoumian
- Komitas and the Musical Legacy of the Armenian Nation by Nikoghos K.Tahmizian (In Armenian) [1994]
- Modern Neumology by Nikoghos K. Tahmizian (In Armenian) [2003]
- Sayat Nova and the Armenian Minstrel Tradition by Nikoghos K. Tahmizian (In Armenian) [1995]
Compact Discs
- Anahit Nersisian – Ten Piano Sonatas b Armenian Composers (CD) [1995]
- Totik-Totik – Children’s Songs [2000]
- Komitas-Rustic Scenes (CD) [1993]
- Ganatchian-Choral Works (CD) [1991]
- Flowers and Abysses – Anthology of Modern Armenian Piano Music – piano by Artur Avanesov (CD) [2011]