SÄBELTANZ (Deutsche Grammophon) LP

Säbeltanz

Russland Zwischen Tag Und Traum
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Levy-yhtiö:  Deutsche Grammophon

Julkaisuvuosi:  1981

Levyn kunto:  VG++

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"Sabre Dance" is a movement in the final
act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane
(1942), where the dancers display their
skill with sabres. It is Khachaturian's best
known and most recognizable work world-
wide.

Its middle section is based on an unna-
med Armenian folk song. According to
Tigran Mansurian, it is a synthesis of an
Armenian wedding dance tune from Gy-
umri tied in a saxophone counterpoint
"that seems to come straight from Ameri-
ca."

"Sabre Dance" is considered one of the
signature pieces of 20th-century popular
music. It was popularized by covers by
pop artists, first in the US in 1948 and la-
ter elsewhere. Its use in a wide range in
films and television over the decades ha-
ve significantly contributed to its renown.
"Sabre Dance" has also been used by a
number of figure skaters from at least five
countries in their performances. Tom Hui-
zenga of NPR describes it as "one of the
catchiest, most familiar - perhaps most
maddening - tunes to come out of the
20th century." Critics Peter G. Davis and
Martin Bernheimer have called it "infamo-
us" and "obnoxious." A New York Times
obituary noted that Khachaturian "never
disowned the 'Sabre Dance', but he did
feel, apparently, that it deflected attention
from his other works."

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