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Komitas

1869 - 1935

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Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas (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. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of ethnomusicology. Orphaned at a young age, Komitas was taken to Etchmiadzin, Armenia's religious center, where he received education at the Gevorgian Seminary. Following his ordination as vardapet (celibate priest) in 1895, he studied music at the Frederick William University in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Komitas is the 208th most popular composer (down from 160th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 265th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Composer.

Komitas is most famous for being the composer of the Armenian national anthem.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Komitas ranks 208 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Ambrosius Bach, Henry Mancini, Jordi Savall, Anna Maria Mozart, Gilles Binchois, and Johann Joachim Quantz. After him are Vittorio Monti, Jacob Obrecht, Leonardo Vinci, Pauline Viardot, Dmitry Bortniansky, and John Barry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Komitas ranks 24. Before him are Harvey Cushing, Hans Spemann, Siegfried Wagner, Calouste Gulbenkian, Karl Seitz, and Felix Salten. After him are Rudolf Otto, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Albert Roussel, Gustav Vigeland, Richard Abegg, and Pyotr Krasnov. Among people deceased in 1935, Komitas ranks 24. Before him are Carlos Gardel, Hugo de Vries, Paul Dukas, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, and Jane Addams. After him are Josef Suk, Max Liebermann, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Aron Nimzowitsch, Henri Pirenne, and Izz ad-Din al-Qassam.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Komitas ranks 347 out of 1,347. Before him are Antiochus VII Sidetes (-159), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Expeditus (300), Aspar (400), Tribonian (475), and Bar Hebraeus (1226). After him are Theodoret (393), Apollinaris of Ravenna (101), Eutychius of Constantinople (512), David of Trebizond (1408), Ptolemy Philadelphus (-36), and Ismihan Sultan (1544).

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Among COMPOSERS In Türkiye

Among composers born in Türkiye, Komitas ranks 1. After him are Aristides Quintilianus (150), Tigran Chukhajian (1837), Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907), Manolis Kalomiris (1883), and Necil Kazım Akses (1908).

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