1869
Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935)
Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935)
Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (died 1935)
Komitas
Armenian composer and priest (1869–1935)
- Born
- 1869
Soghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas, 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.