Komitas

by McCollum, Jonathan

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Komitas (Gomitas, 1869–1935) Vardapet was an Armenian musician, composer, ethnomusicologist, and celibate priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Komitas was born Soghomon Soghomonian in 1869 in Kütahya, in present-day Turkey. Tragically, his mother, Takuhi Hovhanessian, a singer and carpet weaver, passed away in 1870. His father, Kevork Soghomonian, a shoemaker and song composer, died in 1880, leaving Soghomon orphaned. In 1881, the primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Bursa, Kevork Va…

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Komitas (Gomitas, 1869–1935) Vardapet was an Armenian musician, composer, ethnomusicologist, and celibate priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Komitas was born Soghomon Soghomonian in 1869 in Kütahya, in present-day Turkey. Tragically, his mother, Takuhi Hovhanessian, a singer and carpet weaver, passed away in 1870. His father, Kevork Soghomonian, a shoemaker and song composer, died in 1880, leaving Soghomon orphaned. In 1881, the primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Bursa, Kevork Vartabed Tertsagian, was called to Etchmiadzin (today’s Vagharshapat, in Armenia’s Armavir province) to be ordained

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2938

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eng Islam

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McCollum, Jonathan

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