you can say Sayat Nova was Rabiz, for the lack of a better word but he was much much more then a singer songwriter
a poet, a thinker and a peacemaker, he sang in many languges and was a figure larger then life
he was loved by all, everyone, Armenians, Georgians, Kurds, Azeries, Persians claimed he was one of them
he is in no comparison to none, he is still in a class of his own.
My father told me a story, many years ago when emigrating from iran to Armenia, at the passport center or ovir (what ever the name was for the dept.) the head of that departmant had to intervue make sure everyone was leaving on there free will, and so knowing my dad was an Armenian he invites him in the back, puts on Sayat Nova record, listens and cries, after he tells my dad "Sayat Nova does not belong only Armenians, Sayat belongs to all of us"