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Born:
1869
— Kütahya
— Turkey
Died:
1935
— Paris
— France
Music
- 6 dances for piano
- Chants de mariages
Life
Studied in Ejmiatsin where he was attracted by the Armenian folksongs. Educated doctor in theology in 1896. Continued his musical studies in Berlin (1896-99), then returned to Ejmiatsin. Moved to Contantinople in 1910 where he founded a music school and a choir. Arrested and deported to the interior of Turkey in 1915. Moved to Paris in 1919, where he died in 1935.
<hiemkiank
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