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  • Conductor Loris Chgnavorian Speaks For Keeping RA Present Hymn

    CONDUCTOR LORIS CHGNAVORIAN SPEAKS FOR KEEPING RA PRESENT HYMN

    TEHRAN, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Famous conductor
    and composer Loris Chgnavorian sent a letter of complaint to Hasmik
    Poghosian, the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, on
    the occasion of change of the RA hymn and the competition announced
    for a new hymn. The Tehran Armenian "Alik" daily informs about it,
    mentioning L.Chganvorian's great contribution in 1991 in the affair of
    proclaiming the "Mer Hayrenik" (Our Fatherland) hymn as the RA national
    hymn. To judge from the letter, L.Chgnavorian presented a claim for
    participation in the competition, by sending a little changed variant
    of the present hymn ("Mer Hayrenik" Our Fatherland). It is particularly
    said in the letter dated for July 26: "Dear Mrs.Poghosian, I address to
    You on the occasion of a too important issue for our people, the hymn
    of the Republic of Armenia. I propose for the announced competition the
    acting "Mer Hayrenik" anthem of the Republic of Armenia and present
    attached to the letter the notes and the recording. I propose it as
    it has a national and historic meaning.

    I want to stress that it has never been sung with the "wretched,
    ownerless" ("tshvar, anter") text, but our fighters (fidayi, in
    Armenian war of liberation against the Turks) and heros sang it with
    the text "everywhere death is one" (amenayn tegh mah mi e) for example
    in the 1915 Van heroic war and our May 26 battle, the result of what
    is our Armenia of today. It has been the hymn of two republics,
    1918 and 1991, and has never been sung with the text "wretched,
    ownerless." I must also stress that "Mer Hayrenik" is national and
    revolutionary music and has a wonderful soul and stragers are fond
    of it as well. I have a hope that pages of the history will not be
    changed by competitions.

    Giving preference to "Mer Hayrenik" and taking into account that my
    colleagues participate in this competition, I want to participate with
    them with the work written on my words and music. I present attached
    to the letter the notes and recording of my work as well."
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