Reflection of the Theme of Concentration Camps in the Songs and Music

Authors

  • Avo Gatrjian Freelance researcher

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51442/jgs.0055

Keywords:

martyrs, Euphrates, Der-Zor (Der-ez-Zor), exile, torment, desert, horror, woe, mourning, orphan, sorrow, revenge, genocide

Abstract

The article examines songs and music born in different languages and during different periods of the Armenian Genocide in the places of the Genocide camps, in the area of the Euphrates River. The themes of their compositions are various: inhumane events, geographical locations, descriptions of scenes, gatherings of orphans and orphanages, people, expression of feelings, and other creepy stuff. The musical style is diverse: folk, rock, heavy metal, rap, hip-hop, new-age, classical, jazz, etc., the areas reflecting the song-music are also artistic, graphic film series, documentary tapes, and plays.

Author Biography

Avo Gatrjian, Freelance researcher

Teacher of the history of the Armenian Issue at Hamazkayin’s Aleppo Armenian Studies Institute.
Research fields – History of Syrian Armenians, Pan-Turkism–Pan-Turanism and Turkic peoples, Armenian Issue, Armenian Genocide, Turkey, Pan-Islamism, Pan-Ottomanism, Nakhichevan, Armenian song-music, Armenian Genocide and Armenian national-military-patriotic and ethnographic songs, martial arts and philosophies of the Far East.
E-mail: avokat1970@hotmail.com

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Published

2024-12-20

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Gatrjian, A. (2024). Reflection of the Theme of Concentration Camps in the Songs and Music. Journal of Genocide Studies, 12(2), 9–40. https://doi.org/10.51442/jgs.0055

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024): Journal of Genocide Studies

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