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Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan – “Komitas” (Սողոմոն Գևորգի Սողոմոնյան – "Կոմիտաս" in Armenian) (1869-1935)

Komitas (a name he obtained when he was ordained priest, remembering a 7th century Armenian Catholic who was also a hymn writer) was born on September 26, 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire and died on October 22, 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest (from here the other names of "Komitas Vardapet", meaning the priest Komitas), composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist. He was the first extra-European to be admitted into the International Music Society, of which he was a co-founder. He gave many lectures and performances throughout Europe and near East thus presenting Armenian popular music to the wider world. He is considered the father of the modern classical Armenian music. He was a witness of the Armenian genocide in 1915. After that, he suffered great mental troubles and the last 16 years of his life was passed in a psychiatric clinic in Paris where he died.

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12 Pieces for Children: No. 6, My Darling and Marjan (Variation)

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7 Songs for Piano: No. 6, This Night, the Moonlit Night

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7 Songs for Piano: No. 7, Water Flowing from the High Mountain

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Chinar Es (Arr. by João Kouyoumdjian)

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Shushiki

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Komitas' most-played tracks include 12 Pieces for Children: No. 6, My Darling and Marjan (Variation), 7 Songs for Piano: No. 6, This Night, the Moonlit Night, 7 Songs for Piano: No. 7, Water Flowing from the High Mountain, Chinar Es (Arr. by João Kouyoumdjian), Shushiki. Listen to these songs and explore more from their catalog on this page.

Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan – “Komitas” (Սողոմոն Գևորգի Սողոմոնյան – "Կոմիտաս" in Armenian) (1869-1935) Komitas (a name he obtained when he was ordained priest, remembering a 7th century Armenian Catholic who was also a hymn writer) was born on S... Read the full biography on this page.

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