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Research on Komitas\u2019s life and activity is conducted at the Research Center of Komitas Museum-Intsitute. A digital database consisting of materials related to Komitas and Armenian music is currently being compiled. The institute places importance on research related to historical and theoretical issues of the various branches and schools of Armenian medieval chant and folk music, all while remaining faithful to Komitas\u2019s own academic approaches.
\nAt present, the institute conducts research in the following fields:
\na) Komitas\u2019s archives
\nb) Komitas\u2019s ethnographic legacy
\nc) The traditional songs of the Sasuntsi Davit (Davit of Sasoun) epic poem
\nd)Komitas\u2019s musicological heritage
\ne) The eight-mode system of Armenian medieval chant, per the methodological principles of Komitas
\nf) The role of the eight-mode system in the traditions of Armenian medieval chant in Nor Jugha (now New Julfa) or for the Armenians of India, Venice, Constantinople (Armash) and Jerusalem
\ng) Study of Komitas\u2019s manuscripts related to Armenian khaz notation system
\nh) Komitas\u2019s compositional heritage,
\ni) The peculiarities of Komitas\u2019s compositional style (melody, rhythm and meter, harmony, polyphony, texture, etc.).<\/p>\n
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