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		Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935), the Armenian priest, ethno-musicologist and composer is regarded as the Father of Armenian music.
		Komitas Vardapet is regarded as a national saint in Armenian history.
		Komitas’ voice is surprisingly folk-like in quality, though his European training is apparent.
	www.traditionalcrossroads.com /cd/4275.html (866 words)

	Komitas quartet
		Komitas, the Armenian composer and ethnomusicologist, was born Soghomon Soghomonian in 1869.
		Komitas returned to Etchmiadzin in 1899 and spent eleven years in fieldwork throughout the Ottoman Empire, collecting and transcribing Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish dance tunes.
		In the 1950's his manuscripts were transported from Paris to Yerevan where they were being studied and published Komitas Vartapet is considered one of the immortals of the Armenian Church and is remembered in the minds and hearts of all Armenians.
	www.komitasquartet.com /eng/bio.html (486 words)

	KOMITAS - Armenian Music For Piano
		Komitas was awarded a modest scholarship in 1896 to further his musical studies in Berlin.
		Komitas was invited to teach harmony and Western music history at the new conservatory which was to open soon.
		Komitas' musical output is voluminous and diverse, encompassing liturgical chants, art and folk songs, choral settings all of which mirror, as no other composer's work has done, the Armenian ethos.
	www.megrecordings.com /Info/meg004.html (1126 words)

	www.musiccab.com
		Komitas Vardapet has labored on his Liturgy for long years and produced several versions, constantly striving to create a piece that would epitomize the unique character and style of Armenian spiritual music.
		Komitas Vardapet’s clearly defined project sought to, chiefly, rid the Liturgy of foreign influences and unnecessary embellishments, choose the most characteristic and appropriate melodies from existing variations for inclusion in the Liturgy, and establish a concordance of meaning between words and music.
		For each passage Komitas Vardapet has left instructions such as “noble and free,” “fading as an echo,” “peaceful,” “soft,” robust,” “mysterious,” “delicate,” supplicating,” etc. In the main, the performance of the Divine Liturgy must be marked by softness, subtlety, and emotional conviction.
	www.musiccab.com /proddetail.asp?prod=GARNICD0002 (351 words)

	Komitas Vardapet - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan - Komitas Vardapet ("Սողոմոն Գևորքի Սողոմոնյան" - "Կոմիտաս Վարդապետ" in Armenian), by Western Armenian transliteration also Gomidas Vartabed, born on September 26 or October 8 (see discussion) 1869 in Kütahya, Turkey, died on October 22 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest, composer of choir music, and musicologist.
		Among 20 candidates Soghomon was chosen, entered the seminary (where he impressed the katholikos with his singing talent) and finished it in 1893 when he became a monk.
		His good friend, Turkish poet Emin Yurdakul, and the U.S. ambassador Henry Morgenthau intervened at the government so Komitas was released soon but he found a part of his collection destroyed or totally disordered.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Komitas (615 words)

	Komitas Vardapet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soghomon was chosen among 20 candidates and entered the seminary (where he impressed the catholicos with his singing talent) and finished it in 1893 when he became a monk.
		According to church tradition he was reborn so he was rebaptisted Komitas (named after a 7th century Armenian catholicos who was also a hymn writer).
		On April 24, 1915, said to be the day when Armenian Genocide officially began, he was arrested and put to train the next day together with 180 other Armenian notables and sent to the city of Çankırı in northern Central Anatolia, at a distance of some 300 miles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Komitas (718 words)

	Biography - Komitas Vardapet (Bio 2079)
		In 1893 he finished studying at the seminary, then he was ordained a “Vardapet” (priest) and acquired his new name “Komitas” - the name of the outstanding poet of VII century, the author of sharakans.
		In April 1915, Komitas was arrested together with the number of outstanding Armenian writers, publicists, physicians, and lawyers.
		And in spite of the fact that due to the intervention of influential figures Komitas was returned to Constantinople, the nightmare he had experienced left a deep ineradicable impression on his soul.
	musicbase.h1.ru /PPB/ppb20/Bio_2079.htm (1472 words)

	Illness of Komitas
		Komitas was taken to a Paris hospital “for examination of his state of heightened nervous excitability”.
		The fact Komitas was not able to travel by himself any longer and agreed to spend 2 years in Shishley and in Vile Evrare, and, in the end, that he showed indifference to his own destiny – testified to his mental disorder.
		This version of Komitas’ illness has only one point in common with that of Louise Fauve-Hovhannisian, viz, Komitas Vardapet died of osteit, suppurative inflammation of a foot bone, which was caused by the unsanitary conditions.
	www.komitas.am /eng/illness.htm (2083 words)

	Monument to Komitas Vardapet Unveiled in Paris in Memory of Armenian Genocide Victims
		Monument to Komitas Vardapet Unveiled in Paris in Memory of Armenian Genocide Victims
		A monument to the prominent Armenian composer Komitas, commemorating the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide, was inaugurated April 24 in central Paris.
		Komitas collected and transcribed the traditional folk songs of the Armenian people; thereby he was able to save an heritage of universal importance.”
	armenianstudies.csufresno.edu /hye_sharzhoom/vol24/may2003/komitas.htm (242 words)

	Art and Literature
		Komitas (Sogomon Sogomonyan), is revered by Armenians as their most brilliant songwriter.
		Komitas was born in 1869, in Kuthaia, Ottoman Turkey.
		In April 1915, Komitas was arrested and deported to the interior of the Empire.
	www.ecml.at /html/armenian/html/art.html (1458 words)

	Virtual Museum of Komitas - discography
		Its artistic director and conductor Harutyun Topikyan began his life work with the Hoktemberyan City Council Choir…; In 1979 he was one of the organizers and the artistic director of the TV and radio choir, which afterwards gained the state level and was called the "Armenian Song Chamber Choir".
		For the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity in Armenia, the Catholicos and the Armenian churches together conducted the mass in St. Apolinar Catholic Church.
		Komitas is something like faith: as the high art, he must dissolve in the blood of his people drop by drop.
	www.komitas.am /eng/discography.htm (706 words)

	Komitas Vardapet - Haypedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Vermutlich hatten der US-amerikanische Botschafter Henry Morgenthau für Komitas interveniert.
		Komitas stützte sich also auf die Art und Weise, wie die Messe von den ältesten Priestern gesungen wurde.
		Komitas unternahm häufig Reisen durch ganz Europa (vor allem Berlin und Paris besuchte er mehrfach) und das Osmansiche Reich (das damals neben der heutigen Türkei auch den Nahen Osten bis nach Ägypten umfasste).
	de.haypedia.org /index.php?title=Komitas_Vardapet (1122 words)

	Komitas Quartet
		Studio Nova Records is proud to present the reissue of Komitas Quartet’s “Komitas - Haydn - Shostakovitch” album, originally released in 1994.
		Showcasing some of the most popular compositions of the Armenian legendary ethnomusicologist, Komitas Vardapet, Komitas Quartet’s masterful performance on this recording is truly a unique and an engaging one.
		Presented here are Sharafyan's three most acclaimed chamber works, performed by the Komitas String Quartet and Armenia's most renowned folk musicians on duduk, tar and kamancha.
	www.komitasquartet.com /eng/rec.html (263 words)

	Virtual Museum Of Komitas Vardapet - Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The team of the UNISON NGO has been working since December, 03, 2003 preparing for the launch of a tri-lingual (Armenian, English and Russian) web site devoted to Komitas Vardapet to be accessible to wide audiences interested in Armenian cultural identity and heritage.
		The Timeline covering the most important events of Komitas' life as well as the home page of the site are designed with flash application.
		The Komitas and Genocide page is of a special interest to the visitors.
	www.armeniadiaspora.com /js04/040707komitas.html (276 words)

	Komitas Vartabed
		Komitas learned a great deal of music from the monks and continued to study music with the famous composer Kara-Mourza, which eventually led Komitas into both secular and religious music.
		Komitas continued to study music, and in 1896, he was awarded a doctorate degree in musicology.
		It is interesting to note that in the spring of 1915, during the imprisonment of leaders of the Armenian community, Komitas too was taken into custody.
	www.armenianheritage.com /dakomita.htm (466 words)

	Piano Themes - Original Arrangements
		Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan - Komitas Vardapet, by Western Armenian transliteration also Gomidas Vartabed, born on September 26 or October 8 (see discussion) 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire, died on October 22, 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest, composer of choir music, and musicologist.
		According to church tradition he was reborn so he was rebaptisted Komitas (named after a 7th century Armenian hymn writer).
		On April 24, 1915, said to be the day when Armenian Genocide officially began, he was arrested and put to train the next day together with 180 other Armenian notables and sent to the city of Çankiri in northern Central Anatolia, at a distance of some 300 miles.
	www.pianothemes.com /vartabed.html (546 words)

	Vardapet Komitas
		With the participation of Serouj Kradjian, Komitas String Quartet, Tatev Children's Choir, Yerevan Chamber Choir, Minassian Duduk Quartet and The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.
		Graduate of Komitas State Conservatory, Yerevan, she joined the Opera Studio Chamber Choir of Conservatory and became the soloist of Yerevan Chamber Choir.
		Komitas was a very well-known composer of traditional Armenian music in the beginning of the...
	folks.mab-x-music.com /vardapet-komitas.html (422 words)

	CD Baby: KOMITAS QUARTET: Komitas, Haydn, Shostakovich
		Established in 1924 at the Moscow State Tchaykovsky Conservatory by four talented Armenian students, Komitas State Quartet celebrates its 80th Anniversary in 2004.
		All musicians of the quartet play Guarnerius instruments, Andrea and Pietro, of 17 and 18 centuries and their skill is so brilliant that it has always created overwhelming response in all countries of the world they toured, over 70 in total.
		True ambassadors of Armenian culture, Komitas State Quartet produce a unique sound distinct, vivid and original.
	cdbaby.com /cd/komitas (206 words)

	Archive
		The Unison NGO has completed a project on creation of the Virtual Museum of Komitas - the official site of the great Armenian musician, founder of the Armenian classical music Komitas Vardapet (Soghomon Soghomonian).
		Komitas' Website contains rich information on the great composer's biography, music, students, poetry, musicological work, etc. Numerous fragments of Komitas' music can be heard online or downloaded free of charge in MP3 format.
		The official site of Komitas Vardapet is located at www.komitas.am.
	www.unison.am /archive.htm (936 words)

	NPS/VPRO SUPPLEMENT
		In 1895, February 26th, I was ordained a priest (Vardapet).
		From the first day I entered the Seminary, I was one of the well-recognized students of the Holy See for my good sinning voice.
		The autobiography was written in June 1908 at Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia.
	www.omroep.nl /nps/radio/supplement/01/0326/komitas.html (1093 words)

	La Folia -- Kipple 2.
		Havik (Little Bird) is central in the Komitas canon — one of several he recorded in France in 1912, it can be traced to 10th-century mystic Grigor Narekatsi.
		Mansurian has been talked into delivering a suite of Komitas songs in direly inadequate voice — a faint, unsteady, wandering croak that cannot manage the simplest trill.
		The Voice of Komitas Vardapet preserves the 1912 sessions he and student Armenak Shahmuradian (Komitas at piano) left, rendered via elaborate digital technology.
	www.lafolia.com /archive/scribner/scribner200508kipple2.html (1460 words)

	Outsight Radio Hours "Stylus Council"
		Komitas learned the European Classical styles in Tifflis, capital of Georgia.
		This is a small selection of the 1200+ melodies surviving from Komitas' life work.
		Komitas' mass, with bass solos, is available on ARMENIAN MASS BY KOMITAS (Disques DOM, DOM 1403).
	outsight.heard.com.au /top5.php (3099 words)

	The Music of Armenia, Vol. 1: Sacred Choral Music
		Ghazelian is also a graduate of the Komitas State Conservatory, Yerevan.
		The conservatory's namesake, Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935), was the arranger of many of the tracks on The Music of Armenia, Volume One as well as many tracks on the other five volumes.
		Komitas had the idea of making this music polyphonic and subsequently arranged hundreds of folk songs that he collected from the villages.
	www.harmonies.com /releases/13115.htm (452 words)

	VEM Armenia Based Christian and Classical Music Radio Station with mp3 downloads of sacred music of the Armenian Church ...
		In this album, traditional arrangements by the venerated composer and ethno-musicologist Komitas Vardapet (1869—1935), the staple of Armenian worship, are juxtaposed with two new arrangements by the modern Armenian composer Vaché Sharafyan, which are striking examples of the continuing vitality and energy of Armenian sacred music.
		The Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia (www.hoverchoir.org), founded in 1992 by director Sona Hovhannisyan, is known for its vitality, pure sound, crystal diction, versatility, and sparkle.
		Well-versed in Western classical, Armenian folk and sacred repertoires, Hover has a sound and technique that brings serenity and spirituality to their contemporary interpretation of the works of Komitas Vardapet, whose innovative music draws on ancient sources and forms the core of this recording.
	www.vem.am /?go=projects/recording/choir (342 words)

	Hover Chamber Choir of Armenia
		The internationally acclaimed, award-winning Hover: Chamber Choir of Armenia was established in Yerevan, Armenia in 1992 as a performing arts group, consisting of 26 singers many of whom are students, or graduates, of the Komitas National Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia.
		In 1984, she graduated with honors from the conducting faculty of the Romanos Melikyan Musical College in Yerevan and then studied at the Komitas National Conservatory from 1984-89, graduating with honors and staying on to pursue graduate work.
		The 24-strong mixed-voice Choir came together in Yerevan in 1992 as a volunteer performing arts group, mostly students and graduates of the Komitas National Conservatory; led by founder and artistic director Sona Hovhannisyan.
	www.singers.com /choral/hoverchamberchoir.html (517 words)

	Komitas Vartabed MP3 Downloads - Komitas Vartabed Music Downloads - Komitas Vartabed Music Videos
		Komitas Vartabed MP3 Downloads - Komitas Vartabed Music Downloads - Komitas Vartabed Music Videos
		Priest, ethnomusicologist and composer of "National" music, Vardapet (1869-1935) somewhat paralleled Bartok, Villa Lobos and the like.
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	www.mp3.com /komitas-vartabed/artists/138228/songs.html (349 words)

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