Sayat-Nova
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Sayat-Nova was an Armenian poet, musician and ashugh, who had compositions in a number of languages.
Oil on canvas portrait of Sayat-Nova by Eduard Isabekyan (1964).
The tomb of Sayat Nova at the Cathedral of Saint George in Old Tbilisi
Monument of Sayat Nova in Yerevan
The tombstone of Sayat-Nova
Kamancheh
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The kamancheh is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, and Uzbek music with slight variations in the structure of the instrument.
Persian Kamānches, ca. 1880
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Kamancha in an Armenian miniature, XVI or XVII century.
Qajar Iran miniature of a woman playing the kamancheh.