Gomidas 22 renowned Armenian Churchmen and musician modern

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GOMIDAS VARTABED - KOMITAS (1869- 1935)
One of the most renowned Armenian Churchmen and musician of modern times was Gomidas Vartabed, also known as Komitas. He was born Soghomon Soghomonian in Kutaha, Asia Minor in the year, 1869. His life had an interesting turn of events, when at the age of eleven, he was orphaned, and at a young age he was sent to a Seminary in Etchmiadzin to study. Because of his singing prowess, he decided to teach music at the Seminary after he completed his studies. In 1896, Soghomon was ordained a monk or "apegha" of the Armenian Church. A few years later he was ordained a "Vartabed", and as is the practice in the Armenian Church assumed his new name "Komitas"(or Gomidas).

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. He later returned to Etchmiadzin as a choir director, and Instructor of music at the Seminary.

Komitas wrote over three thousand songs in Armenian, Arabic, Kurdish, and Persian, and also contributed significantly to the modern Armenian Badarak. His main contribution was to rediscover Armenian folk music. He spent years traveling throughout the provinces and visiting many villages listening to native songs and dances, and making notes of them for further analysis. His work in arranging and collating the folk music he had collected over the years eventually became excellent songs for chorus music, and made the public aware of the existence of true Armenian music. In addition to the folk music, Komitas arranged the entire music of the Divine Liturgy (Badarak) of the Armenian Church, for male voices.

The internationally known priest was the first non-European to be a member of the International Music Society. Komitas performed concerts in Paris, Geneva, Berne, Constantinople, Venice, and Alexandria. 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. Through the efforts of Henry Morgenthau, Ambassador from the United States of America, and the Turkish poet Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, who admired Komitas' work, Komitas was released.

After the April 24, 1915 massacres of the Armenian people by the Turks, he succumbed to mental and physical anguish and never fully recovered. Komitas lived as if a walking corpse for the next twenty years. The revered holy man died in Paris on October 22, 1935 in a mental hospital. One year after his death his ashes were transferred to Yerevan and interred in the Yerevan Panthenon. In the 1950's his manuscripts were transported from Paris to Yerevan where they were being studied and published

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[AstarjianBookFan]

When GOMIDAS wrote these songs, there was no radio, no television, no MTV and no music videos, no internet, no youtube When Gomidas was dying, there was no Armenia, just the memory of a nation of people, his parent's people, his brothers and sisters, his unloved women and unborn children, all sent to the slaughter. 99.98% MUSLIM TURKEY denies the ARMENIAN GENOCIDE as STATE POLICY

[kovalevjaj]

my name is komitas and carry this beautifull name with pride

[Avlonia1]

I don't like video, there is no need to speak about music, it is magnificent! If Komitas listens to the music that sings the girl (I don't remember her name) at 0:30, 1:00, he will lose his mind one more time.

[Robinhill007]

I don't understand; why the dancing girls and cartoons in the images?

The image of the lady in the scarf (0.26) is very Armenian and very beautiful. Please take out Janet Jackson, for a moment another less beautiful world came to my head - urgh.

You must feel sorry for the Turkish nation, they have given the world nothing except slaughter and they will not even accept this.

[sisterrose427]

hi... my family name is soghomonian ... and I am also very proud.

[Armenissa]

lav inchu yerp 'modern kurdish songs' kretsi, gomidasin yerk@ hanets?

[CoolAnul]

awesome :)

[moodyjan]

hi some parts of the video i liked some nop

[HAYKAKANN]

I have no words to say, its beutiful

[titer2000]

Komitas music is incredible.