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Published on May 04, 2009
SUREN MURADYAN’S “CHILDREN’S SONGS COLLECTION” HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
- “Children’s Songs Collection” featuring 70 verses authored by Suren Muradyan at different stages of his creative development has been published. Children’s book writer Suren Muradyan collaborated with many Armenian composers of different generations. Artemi Ayvazyan, Grigor Aghinyan, Robert Petrosyan, Grigor Aghinyan, Robert Petrosyan, Emma Mihranyan, Martin Vardazaryan, Geghuni Chtchyan, Robert Amirkhanyan wrote songs for his verses. Suren Muradyan has authored over 80 collections of children’s verses, short stories and fairytales.
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