阿拉姆·哈恰圖良（亞美尼亞語：Արամ Խաչատրյան，俄語：Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян，1903年6月6日－1978年5月1日），亞美尼亞作曲家。
哈恰圖良生於喬治亞第比利斯（當時屬於俄羅斯帝國）的一個亞美尼亞家庭。1921年他到了莫斯科，先在格涅辛音樂學院向米哈伊爾·格涅辛學習大提琴，之後並學習作曲，1929年他進入了莫斯科音樂學院，跟隨尼古萊·米亞斯科夫斯基學習。1930年，他與同學也是作曲家的妮娜·瑪卡洛娃結婚。1951年起成為了莫斯科音樂學院的教授。
哈恰圖良的創作具有亞美尼亞民族音樂的特點，代表作有舞劇《斯巴達克斯》、《加雅涅》（曾於斯坦利·庫布裏克的電影《2001太空漫遊》作為配樂，其中包含著名的《馬刀舞曲》）等。他也是前亞美尼亞蘇維埃社會主義共和國國歌的作者。
Aram Khachaturian (Armenian: Արամ Խաչատրյան, Aram Xačatryan; Russian: Аpaм Ильич Xaчaтypян, Aram Il'ič Hačaturjan) (June 6, 1903–May 1, 1978) was a Soviet-Armenian composer whose works were often influenced by Armenian folk music.
Khachaturian’s works include concertos for violin (also transcribed for flute), cello, and piano (the latter originally including an early part for the flexatone), concerto-rhapsodies for the same instruments, three symphonies—the third containing parts for fifteen additional trumpets and organ, and the ballets Spartak (AKA Spartacus) and Gayane (the adagio was used in Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey). The latter ballet features in its final act what is probably his most famous movement, the “Sabre Dance.” He also wrote some piano music such as the song "Two Ladies Gossiping," a quick and lively song.
He also composed some film music and incidental music for plays such as the 1941 production of Mikhail Lermontov’s Masquerade. The cinematic quality of his music for Spartacus was clearly seen when it was used as the theme for a popular BBC drama series, The Onedin Line, during the 1970s. Since then, it has become one of the most popular of all classical pieces for UK audiences. Joel Coen’s The Hudsucker Proxy also prominently featured music from Spartacus and Gayane (Sabre Dance included) mixed with the original compositions by Carter Burwell. He was also the composer for the state anthem of the Armenian SSR, whose tune is one of the five current choices to become the next state anthem of Armenia. The climax of Spartacus’ second movement was also used in Ice Age: The Meltdown.
Khachaturian and Communism
Khachaturian was enthusiastic about communism. In 1920, when Armenia was declared a Soviet republic, Khachaturian joined a propaganda train touring Armenia, populated by Georgian-Armenian artists. The composer joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1943. His communist ideals, along with his Armenian nationalism, are apparent in his works, especially Gayane (which takes place on a collective farm) and the Second Symphony. It was the Symphonic Poem, later titled the Third Symphony, that earned Khachaturian the wrath of the Party. Ironically, Khachaturian wrote the work as a tribute to communism: “I wanted to write the kind of composition in which the public would feel my unwritten program without an announcement. I wanted this work to express the Soviet people’s joy and pride in their great and mighty country.” Perhaps because Khachaturian did not include a dedication or program notes, his intentions backfired. Andrei Zhdanov, secretary of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, delivered the so-called Zhdanov decree in 1948. The decree condemned Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Khachaturian, and other Soviet composers as “formalist” and “antipopular.” All three accused composers were forced to apologize publicly. The decree affected Khachaturian profoundly: “Those were tragic days for me... I was clouted on the head so unjustly. My repenting speech at the First Congress was insincere. I was crushed, destroyed. I seriously considered changing professions.”
He died in Moscow on May 1, 1978, just short of his 75th birthday. He was buried in Yerevan, Armenia, along with other distinguished Armenians who made Armenian art accessible for the whole world. In 1998, he was honored by appearing on Armenian paper money (50 dram).
Notable students
Works
Ballets
- Shchastye (Happiness:1939, Erevam: 1939)
- Gayane (1939–41), which includes the famous Sabre Dance
- Spartacus (1950–54) Music from this ballet was used as the main theme for the British television production 'The Onedin Line'.
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 (1944)
- The Russian Fantasy (1944)
- Suite from Masquerade (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)
Concertante
- Piano Concerto (1936)
- Violin Concerto (1940), also exists as a flute concerto version
- Cello Concerto (1946)
- Concerto-Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1961)
- Concerto-Rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1963)
- Concerto-Rhapsody for piano and orchestra (1968)
Chamber
- String Quartet (1931)
- Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1932)
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 (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, Waltz-Capriccio, Dance) (1932)
- 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)
- Toccata (1932)
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 (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)
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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