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SAYAT-NOVA (pseudo; real name and surname - Harutyun Sayadyan) (1712, Tbilisi - 1795, ibid.) - Armenian poet and musician. Rod in the artisan's family. Was pridv. singer cargo. King Heraclius II, however, due to a clash with the nobility, he was expelled from the palace; tonsured monks. He was brutally killed during the Persian invasion. troops in Tbilisi. He composed songs in Armenian, cargo. and Azerb. langOriginal melodies are characteristic for melodies of these songs. language, which is an organic compound of arm. melos with pers. cargo. and Azerb. rhythmintonats. elements. In the work of S.-N., an outstanding ashug of Transcaucasia, the expression of hope and aspiration of democracy, circles, mountains. labor people. Possessed a beautiful voice, played for several. musesinstruments (kemancha was favorite). DOS the motive of his songs is unrequited love, but love is for S.-N. - a source of life-giving power and creativity. energy (sung by them the love of Princess Anne became the theme of legends). Preserved approx. 30 songs S.-N. (with his poems in Armenian and music), incl. in oral transmission. Art S.-N. rendered mean. influence on the development of the culture of the Caucasus.