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Sabre Dance

January 07, 2023

This article is about the musical piece. For the aerodynamic phenomenon, see Sabre dance (aerodynamics).
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"Sabre Dance"[a] is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane (1942), where the dancers display their skill with sabres.[2] It is Khachaturian's best known and most recognizable work worldwide.[3][4]

The cover of a 1953 record of the "Sabre Dance" by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra[1]

It is notable for its employment of percussion instruments, especially the xylophone.[5][6] Its middle section is based on an unnamed Armenian folk song.[2][7] According to Tigran Mansurian, it is a synthesis of an Armenian wedding dance tune from Gyumri tied in a saxophone counterpoint "that seems to come straight from America."[8]

"Sabre Dance" is considered one of the signature pieces of 20th-century popular music.[9] It was popularized by covers by pop artists,[10] first in the US in 1948 and later elsewhere. Its use in a wide range in films and television over the decades have significantly contributed to its renown.[11] "Sabre Dance" has also been used by a number of figure skaters from at least five countries in their performances.

Popularity

NPR described it as "one of the catchiest, most familiar—perhaps most maddening—tunes to come out of the 20th century."[12] Steven Poole notes that the "insistent xylophone-accented melody" of the Sabre Dance has "become a kind of global musical shorthand for cartoonish urgency."[13] Critics Peter G. Davis and Martin Bernheimer have called it "infamous" and "obnoxious,"[14][15] while David Mermelstein called it "garish and ubiquitous."[16] A New York Times obituary noted that Khachaturian "never disowned the 'Sabre Dance', but he did feel, apparently, that it deflected attention from his other works."[17]

Classical performances and recordings

 
Oscar Levant helped popularize the "Sabre Dance" in the United States in 1947–49.

After World War II, records of dances from Khachaturian's ballet Gayane reached the west and the "Sabre Dance" "caused an immediate sensation and straight away becoming a popular classical hit."[18] In 1948, three records of the "Sabre Dance" reached number one in the Billboard Best-Selling Records by Classical Artists: by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Artur Rodziński),[19][20] by the New York Philharmonic (conducted by Efrem Kurtz),[21] and by the pianist Oscar Levant (Columbia Records).[22] These records made them one of the Billboard Year's Top Selling Classical Artists.[23] A record by the Boston Pops Orchestra also made it to the classical chart.[24] It became the first million-selling record of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.[25]

According to the Current Biography Yearbook, it was Levant's performance that "received popular attention."[26] Levant published a piano solo version of it and played the piece five times on Kraft Music Hall between December 1947 and December 1948.[27] He also played it on the piano in the 1949 film The Barkleys of Broadway.[28]

"Sabre Dance" was also recorded by Russian-American violinist Jascha Heifetz (1948, transcribed it for violin/piano),[29] Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Fabien Sevitzky, in 1953),[1] the Hungarian-French pianist György Cziffra (1956),[30] the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Yuri Temirkanov, 1986),[31] the London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Stanley Black, 1989),[32] the Irish flute player James Galway (1993 album Dances for Flute),[33] the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Alexander Lazarev, 1994),[34] the National Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian, 2005),[35] Franco-Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulović (2014).[36][37]

Covers

US hit (1948)

In 1948 the "Sabre Dance" was recorded by a number of singers and became a jukebox hit in the United States.[38][39][40] Newsweek suggested that 1948 could be called "Khachaturian Year in the United States."[41] In February 1948, Billboard wrote that "There's a rash of sabre dance disks based on the familiar excerpts from Aram Khachaturian's Gay[a]ne Ballet Suite."[42] Life Magazine noted that when the Communist Party denounced the Soviet Union's top composers for "formalism", Khachaturian "could only gnaw his nails in despair, waiting for the [Central] Committee to find out that his 'Sabre Dance,' now called 'Sabre Dance Boogie,' is a hit in the hopelessly decadent jukeboxes in the hopelessly bourgeois U.S.A."[43]

By May 1948, three records of Sabre Dance—a pop-boogie hit by Freddy Martin,[44] a dance-band version by Woody Herman,[45] and a vocal version by The Andrews Sisters with harmonica backing[46]—made it to Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Records at No. 8, No. 13, and No. 28, respectively.[47] Aside from these three versions, it was also recorded by Victor Young's orchestra (Decca Records), Ray Bloch's orchestra (Signature Records), Macklin Marrow's orchestra (MGM), pianist Oscar Levant (Columbia Records), the Angie Bond Trio (Dick Records), and the Harmonickings (Jubilee Records). According to John Sforza "Sabre Dance" is a "good example of multiple recordings of the same song in the 1940s recording industry."[48]

Two decades later, in 1968, when Khachaturian visited the US, New York Post music critic Harriett Johnson noted that "Sabre Dance" is Khachaturian's "most popular piece in this country."[49] New York Times critic Harold C. Schonberg agreed, calling it "enormously popular" and adding that the "little whirling piece occupies the same place in his output that the C sharp minor Prelude did in Rachmaninoff's."[50]

Later versions

In popular culture

The "Sabre Dance" has been used in numerous films, animated films, television series, video games, and commercials over the years, oftentimes for humorous effects.[75] The piece's popular familiarity has been enhanced by its traditional use as accompaniment by travelling circuses[76] and on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show when novelty acts such as plate spinners appeared.[12]

On June 6, 2013, on the 110th anniversary of Khachaturian's birthday a modern take of the Sabre Dance—Sabre Dance on the Street—was performed at Yerevan Cascade by the Barekamutyun dance ensemble and Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.[77][78][79]

Films and series

Films in which the "Sabre Dance" was used include The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), One, Two, Three (1961),[80] The System (1964), The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev (1970),[81] Amarcord (1973), Well, Just You Wait! 6th episode "Countryside" (1973), Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Repentance (1987), Punchline (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993), Radioland Murders (1994), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994),[82][83] Don't Drink the Water (1994), I Married a Strange Person! (1997), Vegas Vacation (1997), A Simple Wish (1997), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), The Lion King 1½ (2004), Kung Fu Hustle (2005), Scoop (2006), Sicko (2007), Ghost Town (2008), Witless Protection (2008), Le Concert (2009), Pájaros de papel (2010), Sabre Dance (2015).[75] In his frenzied comedy One, Two, Three, director Billy Wilder used the dance repeatedly for comic effect, including a crazed chase through East Berlin, and the chaotic closing ride to the airport featuring James Cagney and Horst Bucholz. It was also played briefly in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. A band plays the song in the beginning of the movie Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022).

Some notable television shows that have used it include The Jack Benny Program (1961), "A Piano in the House" from The Twilight Zone (1962), The Onedin Line (1971 and 1972), The Benny Hill Show (1985), Our Very First Telethon episode of Full House (1990), The Simpsons (1991), The Nanny (1996), Two and a Half Men (2004), "Recipe for Disaster" from What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2004), "Peterotica" episode of Family Guy (2006), SpongeBob SquarePants (2007), and The Big Bang Theory (2009).[84] The song was featured in The Amazing Race 28, when teams travelled to Armenia and had to search the Yerevan Opera Theater for their next clue.

Video games

Video games in which the "Sabre Dance" was used include:

In sports

The National Hockey League (NHL)'s Buffalo Sabres have used the piece as a theme song since the team was established in 1970.[85] After a hiatus, the "Sabre Dance" was again made their theme song in 2011.[86][87]

In 2010–13, the "Sabre Dance" was played at Donbass Arena, the venue of the Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk, whenever the Armenian football player Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal.[88]

The "Sabre Dance" was featured in the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony held in Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia on February 7.[89][90]

Figure skating

The "Sabre Dance" has been used by numerous figure skaters, including:

Season(s) Athlete(s) Country Competition Ref
1981–82 Natalia Bestemianova
Andrei Bukin 		  Soviet Union 1982 World Figure Skating Championships: free skating [91][92][93]
1986 Suzanne Semanick
Scott Gregory 		  United States U.S. Championship [94]
1986–88 Debi Thomas   United States [95][96][97][98]
1994 Scott Hamilton   United States 1994 World Professional Figure Skating Championships [99][100]
1994 Michelle Kwan   United States 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships: short program [101]
1999 Johnny Weir   United States short program [102]
1999–00 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia short program [103]
2001–02 Stanislav Morozov
Aliona Savchenko 		  Ukraine short program [104]
2001–02 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan short program [105]
2004–05 Stanislav Morozov
Tatiana Volosozhar 		  Ukraine free skating [106]
2004–05 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan short program [107][108]
2005–06 Takahito Mura   Japan short program [109]
2006–07 Maximin Coia
Adeline Canac 		  France free skating [110]
2007 Ryuju Hino   Japan Skate Asia 2007: short program [111]
2012–13 Yulia Lipnitskaya   Russia short program [112][113]
2014 2014 European Figure Skating Championships exhibition [114]

References

Notes
  1. ^ Armenian: Սուսերով պար, Suserov par; Russian: Танец с саблями, Tanets s sablyami
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This article is about the musical piece For the aerodynamic phenomenon see Sabre dance aerodynamics Sabre Dance source source 14 second long sample Problems playing this file See media help Sabre Dance a is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian s ballet Gayane 1942 where the dancers display their skill with sabres 2 It is Khachaturian s best known and most recognizable work worldwide 3 4 The cover of a 1953 record of the Sabre Dance by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 1 It is notable for its employment of percussion instruments especially the xylophone 5 6 Its middle section is based on an unnamed Armenian folk song 2 7 According to Tigran Mansurian it is a synthesis of an Armenian wedding dance tune from Gyumri tied in a saxophone counterpoint that seems to come straight from America 8 Sabre Dance is considered one of the signature pieces of 20th century popular music 9 It was popularized by covers by pop artists 10 first in the US in 1948 and later elsewhere Its use in a wide range in films and television over the decades have significantly contributed to its renown 11 Sabre Dance has also been used by a number of figure skaters from at least five countries in their performances Contents 1 Popularity 2 Classical performances and recordings 3 Covers 3 1 US hit 1948 3 2 Later versions 4 In popular culture 4 1 Films and series 4 2 Video games 5 In sports 5 1 Figure skating 6 ReferencesPopularity EditNPR described it as one of the catchiest most familiar perhaps most maddening tunes to come out of the 20th century 12 Steven Poole notes that the insistent xylophone accented melody of the Sabre Dance has become a kind of global musical shorthand for cartoonish urgency 13 Critics Peter G Davis and Martin Bernheimer have called it infamous and obnoxious 14 15 while David Mermelstein called it garish and ubiquitous 16 A New York Times obituary noted that Khachaturian never disowned the Sabre Dance but he did feel apparently that it deflected attention from his other works 17 Classical performances and recordings Edit Oscar Levant helped popularize the Sabre Dance in the United States in 1947 49 After World War II records of dances from Khachaturian s ballet Gayane reached the west and the Sabre Dance caused an immediate sensation and straight away becoming a popular classical hit 18 In 1948 three records of the Sabre Dance reached number one in the Billboard Best Selling Records by Classical Artists by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinski 19 20 by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Efrem Kurtz 21 and by the pianist Oscar Levant Columbia Records 22 These records made them one of the Billboard Year s Top Selling Classical Artists 23 A record by the Boston Pops Orchestra also made it to the classical chart 24 It became the first million selling record of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 25 According to the Current Biography Yearbook it was Levant s performance that received popular attention 26 Levant published a piano solo version of it and played the piece five times on Kraft Music Hall between December 1947 and December 1948 27 He also played it on the piano in the 1949 film The Barkleys of Broadway 28 Sabre Dance was also recorded by Russian American violinist Jascha Heifetz 1948 transcribed it for violin piano 29 Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabien Sevitzky in 1953 1 the Hungarian French pianist Gyorgy Cziffra 1956 30 the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov 1986 31 the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stanley Black 1989 32 the Irish flute player James Galway 1993 album Dances for Flute 33 the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Lazarev 1994 34 the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian 2005 35 Franco Serbian violinist Nemanja Radulovic 2014 36 37 Covers EditUS hit 1948 Edit In 1948 the Sabre Dance was recorded by a number of singers and became a jukebox hit in the United States 38 39 40 Newsweek suggested that 1948 could be called Khachaturian Year in the United States 41 In February 1948 Billboard wrote that There s a rash of sabre dance disks based on the familiar excerpts from Aram Khachaturian s Gay a ne Ballet Suite 42 Life Magazine noted that when the Communist Party denounced the Soviet Union s top composers for formalism Khachaturian could only gnaw his nails in despair waiting for the Central Committee to find out that his Sabre Dance now called Sabre Dance Boogie is a hit in the hopelessly decadent jukeboxes in the hopelessly bourgeois U S A 43 By May 1948 three records of Sabre Dance a pop boogie hit by Freddy Martin 44 a dance band version by Woody Herman 45 and a vocal version by The Andrews Sisters with harmonica backing 46 made it to Billboard s Most Played Juke Box Records at No 8 No 13 and No 28 respectively 47 Aside from these three versions it was also recorded by Victor Young s orchestra Decca Records Ray Bloch s orchestra Signature Records Macklin Marrow s orchestra MGM pianist Oscar Levant Columbia Records the Angie Bond Trio Dick Records and the Harmonickings Jubilee Records According to John Sforza Sabre Dance is a good example of multiple recordings of the same song in the 1940s recording industry 48 Two decades later in 1968 when Khachaturian visited the US New York Post music critic Harriett Johnson noted that Sabre Dance is Khachaturian s most popular piece in this country 49 New York Times critic Harold C Schonberg agreed calling it enormously popular and adding that the little whirling piece occupies the same place in his output that the C sharp minor Prelude did in Rachmaninoff s 50 Later versions Edit Liberace played it live on television 51 It was released in the 2002 album Legendary Liberace Musical Highlights of the PBS Special 52 An electric guitar version by Dave Edmunds band Love Sculpture reached No 5 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1968 53 It also reached No 6 in Switzerland 54 No 20 in the Netherlands 55 and No 28 in West Germany 56 The Dutch rock band Ekseption covered it in their debut album Ekseption in 1969 57 58 James Last covered it in his 1972 album Russland zwischen Tag und Nacht 59 The Pretenders a British American rock band performed a cover live at the Marquee Club London in 1979 which was later included in the 2006 reissue of their eponymous debut album The English punk rock band The Boys covered it in their 1979 album To Hell with the Boys 60 Ivan Rebroff covered it in a 1982 concert in Sydney 61 62 The song The Lord s Prayer in German punk rock singer Nina Hagen s 1985 Nina Hagen in Ekstasy album features an interpolation of the Sabre Dance 63 The English punk rock band U K Subs covered it in their 1988 album U K Subs 64 The English punk rock band Toy Dolls covered it in their 1989 album Wakey Wakey 65 Third track on 1994 single Didn t Know I Had It by Cheap Trick 66 67 It is heavily sampled in Sodom and Gomorrah by the German heavy metal band Accept from their 1994 album Death Row 68 Savlovy tanec in the 1995 album Slagry by the Czech metal band Master s Hammer 69 The British heavy metal Skyclad covered it in their 1996 album Irrational Anthems 70 A cover by Vanessa Mae appeared in her 2004 album Choreography 71 It is sampled in the Bond song Highly Strung from their 2004 album Classified 72 73 American rock musician Tony Levin covered it in his 2006 album Resonator 74 In popular culture EditThe Sabre Dance has been used in numerous films animated films television series video games and commercials over the years oftentimes for humorous effects 75 The piece s popular familiarity has been enhanced by its traditional use as accompaniment by travelling circuses 76 and on television variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show when novelty acts such as plate spinners appeared 12 On June 6 2013 on the 110th anniversary of Khachaturian s birthday a modern take of the Sabre Dance Sabre Dance on the Street was performed at Yerevan Cascade by the Barekamutyun dance ensemble and Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra 77 78 79 Films and series Edit Films in which the Sabre Dance was used include The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 One Two Three 1961 80 The System 1964 The Seven Brides of Lance Corporal Zbruyev 1970 81 Amarcord 1973 Well Just You Wait 6th episode Countryside 1973 Pee wee s Big Adventure 1985 Jumpin Jack Flash 1986 Repentance 1987 Punchline 1988 Hocus Pocus 1993 Radioland Murders 1994 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 82 83 Don t Drink the Water 1994 I Married a Strange Person 1997 Vegas Vacation 1997 A Simple Wish 1997 Blues Brothers 2000 1998 The Lion King 1 2004 Kung Fu Hustle 2005 Scoop 2006 Sicko 2007 Ghost Town 2008 Witless Protection 2008 Le Concert 2009 Pajaros de papel 2010 Sabre Dance 2015 75 In his frenzied comedy One Two Three director Billy Wilder used the dance repeatedly for comic effect including a crazed chase through East Berlin and the chaotic closing ride to the airport featuring James Cagney and Horst Bucholz It was also played briefly in Madagascar 3 Europe s Most Wanted A band plays the song in the beginning of the movie Hotel Transylvania Transformania 2022 Some notable television shows that have used it include The Jack Benny Program 1961 A Piano in the House from The Twilight Zone 1962 The Onedin Line 1971 and 1972 The Benny Hill Show 1985 Our Very First Telethon episode of Full House 1990 The Simpsons 1991 The Nanny 1996 Two and a Half Men 2004 Recipe for Disaster from What s New Scooby Doo 2004 Peterotica episode of Family Guy 2006 SpongeBob SquarePants 2007 and The Big Bang Theory 2009 84 The song was featured in The Amazing Race 28 when teams travelled to Armenia and had to search the Yerevan Opera Theater for their next clue Video games Edit Video games in which the Sabre Dance was used include Road Runner the 1985 Atari System 1 arcade version Sleeping Dogs on the classical Boosey and Hawkes radio station Final Fantasy IV as background music for the dancing girls routines Aero the Acro Bat as the music in the very first stage Sega Genesis version or possibly the invulnerability theme in other versions StepManiaX as a remixed version of it by MonstDeath In sports EditThe National Hockey League NHL s Buffalo Sabres have used the piece as a theme song since the team was established in 1970 85 After a hiatus the Sabre Dance was again made their theme song in 2011 86 87 In 2010 13 the Sabre Dance was played at Donbass Arena the venue of the Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk whenever the Armenian football player Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a goal 88 The Sabre Dance was featured in the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony held in Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi Russia on February 7 89 90 Figure skating Edit The Sabre Dance has been used by numerous figure skaters including Season s Athlete s Country Competition Ref1981 82 Natalia BestemianovaAndrei Bukin Soviet Union 1982 World Figure Skating Championships free skating 91 92 93 1986 Suzanne SemanickScott Gregory United States U S Championship 94 1986 88 Debi Thomas United States 95 96 97 98 1994 Scott Hamilton United States 1994 World Professional Figure Skating Championships 99 100 1994 Michelle Kwan United States 1994 U S Figure Skating Championships short program 101 1999 Johnny Weir United States short program 102 1999 00 Evgeni Plushenko Russia short program 103 2001 02 Stanislav Morozov Aliona Savchenko Ukraine short program 104 2001 02 Takahiko Kozuka Japan short program 105 2004 05 Stanislav Morozov Tatiana Volosozhar Ukraine free skating 106 2004 05 Daisuke Takahashi Japan short program 107 108 2005 06 Takahito Mura Japan short program 109 2006 07 Maximin Coia Adeline Canac France free skating 110 2007 Ryuju Hino Japan Skate Asia 2007 short program 111 2012 13 Yulia Lipnitskaya Russia short program 112 113 2014 2014 European Figure Skating Championships exhibition 114 References EditNotes Armenian Սուսերով պար Suserov par Russian Tanec s sablyami Tanets s sablyami Citations a b Classical Selections of EP Singles Billboard August 29 1953 p 29 a b 2011 2012 Concerts for Young People Aram Khachaturian 1903 1978 Sabre Dance from Gayane PDF Atlanta Symphony Orchestra p 4 Archived from the original PDF on September 12 2014 The Sabre Dance is in the final act It is where the dancers display their skills with sabres Its middle section is based on an Armenian folk song Frolova Walker Marina Summer 1998 National in Form Socialist in Content Musical Nation Building in the Soviet Republics Journal of the American Musicological Society University of California Press on behalf of the American Musicological Society 51 2 362 doi 10 2307 831980 JSTOR 831980 Khachaturian s most popular piece the Sabre Dance Robinson Harlow 2013 The Caucasian Connection National Identity in the Ballets of Aram Khachaturian In Kanet Roger E ed Identities Nations and Politics After Communism Routledge p 23 ISBN 9781317968665 particularly the Sabre Dance which became the single most recognized piece of Khachaturian Blades James 1992 Percussion Instruments and Their History Bold Strummer p 341 ISBN 9780933224612 Khachaturian employs the xylophone freely in Dance of Young Maidens and Sabre Dance in his Gayaneh Ballet 1942 Longe Jacqueline L 2001 How Products are Made An Illustrated Guide to Product Manufacturing Volume 6 Gale Group p 462 ISBN 9780787636425 Khachaturian s Sabre Dance from his ballet called Gayane Suite has a challenging xylophone part Sabre Dance from Gayane Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Archived from the original on 11 September 2014 There is a brief moment of contrast at the center with a quotation of an Armenian folk song In the documentary Khachaturian 2003 directed by Peter Rosen Tigran Mansurian states at around 33 00 What an interesting synthesis He s taken a melody from Gyumri an Armenian wedding dance tune and he s tied in a saxophone counterpoint that seems to come straight from America The relationship between the two seems so organic so interesting The film is available online Khachaturian The virtuous Soviet Armenian composer 2003 EuroArtsChannel on YouTube July 29 2017 Archived from the original on 19 January 2022 Adalian Rouben Paul 2010 Historical Dictionary of Armenia Lanham Maryland Scarecrow Press p 381 ISBN 978 0 8108 7450 3 Staines Joe 2010 The Rough Guide to Classical Music Penguin ISBN 9781405383219 Filled with a sparkling array of folk inspired tunes its most famous episode the manic Sabre Dance has had a life of its own even materializing as a pop single Khachaturian Sabre Dance from Gayaneh University of North Georgia Department of Music 15 October 2013 Archived from the original on 11 June 2016 a b Huizenga Tom 5 June 2003 The Sabre Dance Man NPR Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Poole Steven 12 June 2003 Cinematic for the people The Guardian Archived from the original on 11 September 2014 Davis Peter G July 29 1979 A Festival of Russian Ballet Scores The New York Times the familiar material including the infamous Sabre Dance Bernheimer Martin July 3 2009 New York Philharmonic Tovey Avery Fisher Hall Financial Times Archived from the original on 2022 12 10 The obnoxious Sabre Dance rattled brashly as is its wont Mermelstein David September 23 2001 MUSIC A Big Hit In Need Of Revival The New York Times Khachaturian a Leading Soviet Composer Dies at 74 The New York Times 3 May 1978 archived March Ivan 2011 Khachaturian Gayaneh Spartacus Gramophone Archived from the original on 6 September 2021 Retail Record Sales Best Selling Records by Classical Artists Billboard 10 April 1948 p 30 Retail Record Sales Best Selling Records by Classical Artists Billboard 26 June 1948 p 27 Retail Record Sales Best Selling Records by Classical Artists Billboard 10 April 1948 p 39 Retail Record Sales Best Selling Records by Classical Artists Billboard 15 May 1948 p 25 The Year s Top Selling Classical Artists Over Retail Counters Billboard 1 January 1949 p 19 Best Selling Records by Classical Artists Billboard April 3 1948 p 26 Hoffman Frank ed 2005 Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound Volume 1 A L New York Routledge p 184 ISBN 978 0 203 48427 2 Khachaturian Aram Current Biography Yearbook New York H W Wilson Company 9 345 1949 The music is available on records however and as a result of its performance by Oscar Levant the Sabre Dance a part of the suite has received popular attention Played in four quarter rather than the three quarter time in which it was written Sabre Dance is a juke box sensation an adaptation Sabre Dance Boogie has also been introduced Boyd Caleb Taylor 15 May 2020 Oscar Levant Pianist Gershwinite Middlebrow Media Star Arts amp Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations Washington University in St Louis Archived from the original on 6 September 2021 Faris Jocelyn 1994 Ginger Rogers A Bio bibliography Westport Connecticut Greenwood Press p 186 ISBN 978 0 313 29177 7 Heifetz Jascha Sabre Dance arrangement for violin amp piano after Khachaturian s Gayane 1948 AllMusic Archived from the original 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Barber Stephen Review Journey East Nemanja Radulovic violin Musicweb International Archived from the original on 21 September 2021 Soviets throw book at Beria Life New York December 28 1957 p 17 Meanwhile a musical revolt was stirred up in Russia by Aram Khachaturian one of the U S S R s leading composers who wrote the U S juke box favorite of 1948 Sabre Dance Taruskin Richard 2009 Music in the Late Twentieth Century The Oxford History of Western Music Oxford University Press p 9 ISBN 978 0 19 979600 7 Khachaturian famous in the West for some colorful concertos and a ballet suite containing a rousing Sabre Dance that became a jukebox hit Petrak Albert M ed 1985 Khachaturian Aram Ilyich David Mason Greene s Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers 1st ed Garden City New York Reproducing Piano Roll Foundation pp 1329 30 ISBN 978 0 385 14278 6 Meanwhile its flashy Sabre Dance had conquered the U S S R s new American allies and at one time was a standard on juke boxes Juke Box Red Music Newsweek Vol 31 New York 1948 p 72 the music agenda in this country shows plenty to indicate that 1948 may be Khachaturian Year in the United States The Billboard Picks Week Ending January 30 Billboard February 7 1948 p 32 Bourgeois Composers Life 48 23 February 1948 Birnbaum Larry 2013 Before Elvis The Prehistory of Rock n Roll Scarecrow Press p 116 ISBN 9780810886384 Scratching the Surface The Saturday Review of Literature 31 1 48 1948 Not to be outdone by Levant Woody Herman has recorded a dance band version of the Sabre Dance Nimmo H Arlo 2007 The Andrews Sisters A Biography and Career Record McFarland amp Company p 249 ISBN 9780786432608 Most Played Juke Box Records Billboard May 22 1948 p 35 Sforza John 2014 Swing It The Andrews Sisters Story University Press of Kentucky pp 115 116 ISBN 9780813148977 Johnson Harriett January 29 1968 Khachaturian Debuts as Conductor New York Post Archived from the original on 12 February 2022 Schonberg Harold C January 29 1968 Music Khachaturian Leads the Washington National Symphony The New York Times Liberace Plays the Saber Dance EVTV1 Archived from the original on 8 April 2014 Liberace Legendary Liberace Musical Highlights of the PBS Special AllMusic June 5 2002 Archived from the original on 26 August 2021 Sabre Dance officialcharts com Official Charts Company Archived from the original on 30 June 2021 Love Sculpture Sabre Dance hitparade ch in German Swiss Hitparade Archived from the original on 12 April 2022 Love Sculpture Sabre Dance dutchcharts nl DutchCharts Archived from the original on 12 April 2022 Love Sculpture Sabre Dance offiziellecharts de GfK Entertainment charts Archived from the original on 5 August 2022 Ekseption Ekseption 1969 Classic Rock Covers Database July 5 2021 Archived from the original on 19 January 2022 4 Sabre dance Aram Khachaturian 3 46 Ekseption Re Issue Spotify Universal International Music B V 1969 Le Maire Johan Le Maire Marc James Last discographie Russland zwischen Tag und Nacht In Russia jameslastbenelux com in French James Last Benelux Club Archived from the original on 26 August 2021 Sabeltanz 1972 Khatschaturian The Boys To Hell with the Boys AllMusic Archived from the original on 8 April 2014 Sawyer Philip Ivan Rebroff Live in Concert Sydney Australia 1982 michaeldvd com au Archived from the original on 27 September 2021 Ivan Rebroff Live in Concert Sydney Australia 1982 Sabre Dance YouTube Archived from the original on 13 March 2022 Nina Hagen In Ekstasy Discogs Archived from the original on 27 September 2021 Written By Inserts From Sabre Dance Aram Khatchaturian Valdivia Victor W U K Subs Killing Time AllMusic Archived from the original on 8 April 2014 Toy Dolls Wakey Wakey Discogs Retrieved 8 April 2014 Lawson Robert 2017 Selected discography Still Competition The Listener s Guide to Cheap Trick FriesenPress p 263 ISBN 9781525512254 Didn t Know I Had It All Love Me For A Minute Sabre Dance 9362 41584 2 Woke Up with a Monster ricknielsen com Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick Official Site Archived from the original on 16 April 2021 Japanese version Sabre Dance Musical Mayhem and The Black Fire Concerto Black Gate Archived from the original on 8 April 2014 Aram Khachaturian s Sabre Dance in the midst of Sodom and Gomorrah from their way underrated album Death Row Patterson Dayal 2013 Black Metal Evolution of the Cult Feral House p 104 ISBN 9781936239764 irreverent and highly experimental covers of pre existing compositions among them Aram Khachaturian s Sabre Dance Skyclad Irrational Anthems metal archives com Encyclopaedia Metallum Archived from the original on 9 April 2017 Sabre Dance Aram Khachaturian cover Vanessa Mae Choreography AllMusic Retrieved 9 April 2014 Dominic Serene December 22 2004 Classified Metro Times Archived from the original on 6 September 2021 Bond has the same disregard for public domain as Barney the dinosaur and renamed Sabre Dance something far catchier like High Strung Loftus Johnny Bond Classified AllMusic Archived from the original on 8 April 2014 Highly Strung for example tries to marry Khachaturian s manic Sabre Dance to spy movie guitar and chattering electronics the result being more garishly cartoonish than interpretive Joyce Mike 14 April 2006 TONY LEVIN Resonator Narada Jazz The Washington Post Archived from the original on 6 September 2021 a rhythmically stampeding progressive rock version of Khachaturian s Sabre Dance a b Aram Khachaturyan IMDb Retrieved 13 October 2013 Notable Numbers Patterns Forms in Music PDF charlottesymphony org Charlotte Symphony Orchestra p 7 Archived from the original PDF on 5 September 2021 Happy Birthday Aram Khachaturian Armenian General Benevolent Union 6 June 2013 Archived from the original on 28 August 2014 AGBUvideo 6 June 2013 Saber Dance on the Street AGBU APO and Emporium Celebrate 110th Anniversary of Aram Khachaturian Retrieved 15 March 2017 via YouTube Emporium Armenia 5 June 2013 Sabre Dance on the Street Սուսերով պար փողոցում Suserov par Retrieved 15 March 2017 via YouTube Elliott Stuart January 13 1994 Advertising Coke Adds Life to Its Diet Coke Ads The New York Times the Khatchaturian Sabre Dance from One Two Three Billy Wilder s 1961 comedy Train dance from 1970 Soviet film The Seven Brides of Corporal Zbruev Soviet Visuals on Twitter August 24 2016 Eddie Robson 2003 Coen Brothers London Virgin Books pp 139 142 ISBN 1 57488 273 2 Adams Jeffrey 2015 The Cinema of the Coen Brothers Hard Boiled Entertainments New York Wallflower Press p 98 ISBN 978 0 231 17460 2 Khachaturian s Saber Dance accompanies the lengthy Hula Hoop montage depicting the toy s highly efficient industrial development from design stage to manufacture and distribution finally ending up on the hips of an All American youngster who magically discovers the joys of Hula Hooping and ignites a craze that swept the US in the 1950s The Work Song Nanocluster IMDb Maiorana Sal 2012 100 Things Sabres Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die Triumph Books p 22 ISBN 9781623680152 Dunford Jen Bellas Chrisanne 11 March 2011 Opening the suggestion box sabres nhl com Archived from the original on 10 September 2014 This signature song is still typically heard at various times during Sabres games but many fans suggested a return to the tradition of playing the Sabre Dance when the team takes the ice Beginning Sunday when the Sabres host the Senators the song will be played when the team takes the ice prior to the second and third periods Vogl John 11 March 2011 Sabres putting a fan imprint on arena The Buffalo News Archived from the original on 14 March 2011 Retrieved 11 September 2014 Two topics generated significant chatter music and the team logo The Sabres will change the tune for their television opening going from the Scorpions Hurricane 2000 to old franchise favorite Sabre Dance performed by violinist Vanessa Mae Wilson Jonathan 22 October 2012 Henrik Mkhitaryan orchestrates Shakhtar Donetsk s great leap forward The Guardian Archived from the original on 7 April 2014 Aram Khachaturian s Sabre Dance the Armenian war dance played each time Mkhitaryan scores may have become the most popular tune at the Donbass Arena this season Wise Brian 7 February 2014 Anna Netrebko Performs at the Olympics Opening Ceremony New York WQXR FM Retrieved 28 August 2014 a snippet of Khachaturian s Saber Dance as Soviet era cars whizzed around Սոչի 2014 Առնո Բաբաջանյանի եւ Արամ Խաչատրյանի անմահ երաժշտությունը բացման արարողությանը Sochi 2014 Arno Babajanian s and Aram Khachaturian s music at the opening ceremony sport news am in Armenian 7 February 2014 Retrieved 28 August 2014 Հնչեցին հատվածներ Բաբաջանյանի Աշխարհի լավագույն քաղաքը երգից եւ Խաչատրյանի Սուսերով պարից Sezon 81 82 icetrio ru in Russian Ice Trio official site of figure skaters Igor Bobrin Natalia Bestemyanova and Andrey Bukin Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 Zvuchit Tanec s sablyami Hachaturyana Bestemyanova i Bukin za 5 6 sekund risuyut na pole katka celuyu vyaz krasivyh shagov Bestemianova amp Bukin URS 1982 World Figure Skating Championships Free Dance YouTube April 29 2010 Archived from the original on 19 January 2022 Cophenhagen DENMARK 1982 World Figure Skating Championships Ice Dancing Free Dance Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin of the Soviet Union placed 2nd in the Free Dance and ended up winning the Silver Medal BESTEMIANOVA N amp BUKIN A 1981 1982 LP YouTube February 23 2008 Archived from the original on 19 January 2022 National Figure Skating Championships Adair and Roca Lead All the Way and Dance to a Title Los Angeles Times via Associated Press February 8 1986 Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 Semanick Gregory whose exciting final program included a stirring Sabre Dance Debi Thomas 1986 Worlds EX YouTube December 24 2006 Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 Debi Thomas 1987 World Figure Skating Championships Exhibition YouTube October 8 2019 Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 Debi Thomas 1988 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