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Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan - Komitas Vardapet, Komitas Vartapet, "Սողոմոն Գևորգի Սողոմոնյան" - "Կոմիտաս Վարդապետ" , by Western Armenian transliteration also Gomidas Vartabed ; tag Komitas vartapet Born on September 26 or October 8*(discussed on wiki) 1869 in Kütahya, Ottoman Empire, died on October 22, 1935 in Paris, France, was an Armenian priest, composer, choir leader, singer, music ethnologist, music pedagogue and musicologist. Many regard him as the founder of modern Armenian classical music. Soghomon (Gevorki) Soghomonyan was born into a family whose members were deeply involved in music and were monolingual in Turkish. His mother died when he was one...