MIRZAYAN
MICHAEL
MICHAEL
Composer, choirmaster, pedagogue, musical-social figure
21/08/1888, Tiflis – 26/11/1958, Yerevan
1908 – graduated from Nersisian School
Continued his studies at the Tiflis Music School, then at the Conservatory (prof. I. Cherepnin)
Romances
Songs
Groups
Marches
Children’s musical pictures (“The Frog and the Goose”, “The Dragonfly and the Ant”, “The Assembly of Mice”, etc.)
Songbooks and Music Literacy Manuals:
1935 – “School songbook”
1935 – Textbook of note Literacy
1955 – Handbook of Music Literacy and Song
1966 – Collection of songs and romances (edited by: R. Atayan and M. Mirzoyan)
Badge of Honor
1939 – Honored Art Worker of the ASSR