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Komitas. Soghomon Soghomonian, [A] ordained and commonly known as Komitas [B] ( Armenian: Կոմիտաս; 8 October [ O.S. 26 September] 1869 – 22 October 1935), was an Ottoman-Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered the founder of the Armenian national school of music.
Komitas was an ethnomusicologist and composer who created the basis for a distinctive national musical style in Armenia. Orphaned at age 11, he was sent to study liturgical singing at a seminary in Vagarshapat (now Ejmiadzin) in Armenia.
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BIOGRAPHY OF KOMITAS. Komitas, a.k.a. Soghomon Soghomonyan, was born on September 26, 1869 in Anatolia, Turkey, in the town of Koutina (Ketaia). His father, Gevorg Soghomonyan was a shoemaker but he also composed songs and had a beautiful voice.
Komitas (1869-1935) is a musicologist and composer who was one of the pioneers in the world to invent folk music as phenomenon. His activity outlined new paths in collecting and analyzing traditional music and involving them in music composition.
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Learn about Komitas, a composer, ethnographer, folklorist and musicologist who was one of the most distinguished figures of Armenian musical art. Explore his biography, works, music and virtual museum on this official site.
Komitas craved to tell the world about the centuries-old musical creativity of Armenians, to show the great literary value and prove the right for independence. His first copybook of treated songs, named “The Armenian Lyre”, was issued in Paris in 1907. The composer began thinking over big, monumental musical forms.
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