nairi Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Brilliant stuff (for an internet site, that is): http://www.komitas.am/ Armenian Diaspora published this a while back: Virtual Museum Of Komitas Vardapet Yerevan, Armenia, July 06, 2004 - The UNISON NGO (www.unison.am) announced today the launching of the Virtual Museum of Komitas (Armenian composer, ethnographer, folklorist and musicologist) at: http://www.komitas.am/ The project on creation of the web site was supported by the OSIAF (http://www.osi.am/) and launched prior to celebration of the 135th anniversary of the Great Armenian Composer Komitas. 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 Virtual Museum of Komitas contains full and short versions of biography and compositions of the great Armenian musician. The Timeline covering the most important events of Komitas' life as well as the home page of the site are designed with flash application. Various sections feature information on scientific papers of Komitas and his pedagogical activity; students of Komitas as well as letters and poems by Komitas. Additional pages are devoted to the different versions of Komitas' illness. The Komitas and Genocide page is of a special interest to the visitors. Sections of Komitas' music can be heard online or downloaded at the Full List of Works: Works to Listen link. Site visitors will also find the following links: Komitas Researchers, Writing about Komitas,Treatments of Works, Komitas in Modern Armenia Komitas Quartet, Bibliography, and Discography. The Gallery section of the web site contains a significant amount of images including paintings, sculptures and photos of Komitas as well as sketches made by Komitas and his manuscripts. Contact: Armen Alaverdyan, Nara Baghdasaryan UNISON NGO Tel/Fax: ( 374 1) 226470 E-mail: komitas@komitas.am URL: www.komitas.am http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/js04/040707komitas.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Wow thanks...way cool - will absolutley need to check this one out - looks good. Did I ever tell you (or folks here) that Gomidas was my Grandmothers voice teacher? Its true. She had a most wonderful singing voice and she also sang in his choir..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 And did you see this on the site: ATTENTION! On 5 July 2004, one of the key participants of this project, Lusine Melkumyan, had to undergo an unexpected eye surgery due to an accident and nearly lost all her vision. This 25-year old young lady will get another chance to see only if she has the second, more complex surgery, which she cannot afford. Your urgent assistance is desperately needed. For details, please, contact us by email: komitas@komitas.am or by phone: (+374 1) 22.64.70 PC Operator: Margarita Bazukyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Nice site. Thanks Nairi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Nairi, thank you! What a great site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted September 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 (edited) I bow before you You're welcome! Here's another site with his autobiography in English: http://www.omroep.nl/nps/radio/supplement/...26/komitas.html As you'll notice it's a Dutch site. Not everyone here is ignorant after all Edited September 10, 2004 by nairi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakharar Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Wow thanks...way cool - will absolutley need to check this one out - looks good. Did I ever tell you (or folks here) that Gomidas was my Grandmothers voice teacher? Its true. She had a most wonderful singing voice and she also sang in his choir..... How old are you Thoth? I thought you were in your early twenties or something. Take that as a compliment. Did your grandmother have any mementoes from him? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armen Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 http://komitasquartet.mdp.am/eng/index.html This was in the links of the web-site. Check out the story of Komits Quartet. Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 How old are you Thoth? I thought you were in your early twenties or something. Take that as a compliment. Did your grandmother have any mementoes from him? Just curious. style_images/master/snapback.png Sorry to say, but my Grandmother died in 1984. We were very close. I'm in my 40's BTW (but young at heart...)...our family does have some pictures of her with him and in the choir...unfourtunatly I don't have any of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Few years ago I was virtually addicted to "Opus of the Lizard" performed by NOR-DAR. http://www.libramusic.gr/nordar_en.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted October 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Guys, I need urgent help: where is/was Koutina?? Anyone have a map? Komitas, a.k.a. Soghomon Soghomonyan, was born on September 26, 1869 in Anatolia, Turkey, in the town of Koutina (Ketaia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted October 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 I assume it's Kütahya here (mid-west): http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/country/turkey.html Is it the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 (edited) Guys, I need urgent help: where is/was Koutina?? Anyone have a map? Komitas, a.k.a. Soghomon Soghomonyan, was born on September 26, 1869 in Anatolia, Turkey, in the town of Koutina (Ketaia). style_images/master/snapback.png Yes, Kutina is the Armenian designation of Kutahya which in turn is from the Roman Cotiaeum. When searching use a combination of "Kutahya and Cotiaeum". Also search using keywords of "Kutahya armnian ceramics" and get a surprise of your life. Also Kutina is supposed to be the legendary city of thr Gordian Knot of Alexander the Great. See its location here; http://www.adiyamanli.org/MapofTurkey/turk_map.htm Here are the other links; http://www.indianalevant.com/kutahya.htm You may find more; http://armenianheritage.com/etpotter.htm Edited October 3, 2004 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Arpa, thanks! But what is this?? "Hititler döneminde M.Ö.1500'lerde kurulan ve antik kaynaklara göre masallar babas? Ezop'un do?um yeri olan Kütahya'n?n o ça?lardaki Kotiaeion'dur. Kütahya ad?, eskisine benzetilerek Türkler taraf?ndan verilmi?tir." The Hittites called it Kotiaeion 1500 BC?? http://huseyinkoylu.tripod.com/kutahya.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOB Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Thank you nairi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Arpa, thanks! But what is this?? "Hititler döneminde M.Ö.1500'lerde kurulan ve antik kaynaklara göre masallar babas? Ezop'un do?um yeri olan Kütahya'n?n o ça?lardaki Kotiaeion'dur. Kütahya ad?, eskisine benzetilerek Türkler taraf?ndan verilmi?tir." The Hittites called it Kotiaeion 1500 BC?? http://huseyinkoylu.tripod.com/kutahya.html style_images/master/snapback.png Did you understand what that Turkish text is saying? In brief. It says that Aesop the fabulist was born in Kutina, and it perhaps erroneously ascribes it to Hittite origin. What else? Don't you know that the Hittites are the predecessor of the Turks? Ergo! Aesop was a Turk??!! First a sight for sore eyes. This art was brought from Kutina. I doubt if it is an original Turkish art. You be the judge. http://armenianceramics.com/ As to Aesop's origin, the debate still goes on whether he was a Thracan or a Phrygian. http://www.2020site.org/aesop/aesop.html And now this. Aesop the African; http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american...ller_of_stories Finally the Assyrians step in and we get this. You know there will be a follow-up to this. Guess? Assyrian/Akhiqar; http://www.atour.com/education/20000720a.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted October 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 (edited) Uh, no, I didn't understand that text... My Turkish isn't really up-to-date. I only made some vague guesses. Thanks for the info!! Oh and you're welcome HOB Edited October 6, 2004 by nairi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Komitas Museum-Institute to open in Yerevan this year16:06 24.07.2014KomitasThe Armenian Government has decided to establish a KomitasMuseum-Institute to create favorable conditions for collectinginformation about the life and work of the great Armenian composer,for studying, preserving and popularizing his legacy. It will alsoserve to protect the traditions of the Armenian religious and folkmusic, promote the development of creative abilities of young peoplein the field of national, folk, classical and modern music.Despite the invaluable role of Komitas, his legacy and personalbelongings are kept in different organizations today - the Literatureand Art Museum after Yeghishe Charents, the archives of the ArtInstitute of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences.The Armenian President suggested the idea of creating KomitasMuseum-Institute at the sitting of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund onMay 30, 2013. The museum will be built in the park named afterKomitas, "Pyunik" All Armenian Relief Fund will cover the expenseswith the support of Syrian Armenian benefactor Gabriel Zemberjyan.Construction works are expected to be completed by the end of thecurrent year.The initiative is a priority this year, considering that 2014 has beenproclaimed Komitas year on the 145thbirth anniversary of the greatcomposer.http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/07/24/komitas-museum-institute-to-open-in-yerevan-this-year/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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