Komitas-150 - 1,000 dram 2019
Identifier
Modern Silver Commemorative - 233
Reference Description
Komitas (Soghomon Soghomonyan, 1869-1935) is a world-renowned Armenian composer, musicologist, singer and choirmaster, founder of the Armenian Composers’ School.
He studied at the Etchmiadzin Gevorkian Theological Seminary. In 1895 he was ordained as Archimandrite (Vardapet), after which he continued education at the Berlin University and R. Schmidt Private Conservatory. In 1899 Komitas returned to Etchmiadzin, studied Armenian notation, spiritual music and collected folk songs. He moved to Constantinople in 1910, created a choir and gave many concerts. He presented his arrangements of Armenian folk and spiritual songs in different cities of the world. The press of the time accented the importance of Komitas’s art in development of music not only for Armenians, but also for other peoples of the East.
Armenian Genocide of 1915 disrupts fertile activity of Komitas. Passing through the horrors of the Genocide and surviving the inhumane suffering, he lost his mental balance and was not healed until the end of his life.
Komitas's works are diverse and reveale the expressiveness and nuances of the Armenian melody. Komitas's musical heritage is a major historical and cultural discovery.
Yerevan State Conservatory, State String Quartet of Armenia, Chamber Music House, a music school in Stepanakert and other buildings are named after Komitas. Statues to Komitas are erected in Yerevan, Etchmiadzin, Paris and elsewhere in the world.
Obverse: drawings by Komitas Vardapet and the fragments from the first printed song “National Hymn” (1891) in Armenian and European notes.
Reverse: portrait of Komitas Vardapet, outlines of the building of Gevorkian Theological Seminary (architector - H. Abgaryan), stylized images of a crane, Armenian and European notes.
Designed by Vardan Vardanyan (obverse) and Eduard Kurghinyan (reverse).
Minted in the Lithuanian Mint.
He studied at the Etchmiadzin Gevorkian Theological Seminary. In 1895 he was ordained as Archimandrite (Vardapet), after which he continued education at the Berlin University and R. Schmidt Private Conservatory. In 1899 Komitas returned to Etchmiadzin, studied Armenian notation, spiritual music and collected folk songs. He moved to Constantinople in 1910, created a choir and gave many concerts. He presented his arrangements of Armenian folk and spiritual songs in different cities of the world. The press of the time accented the importance of Komitas’s art in development of music not only for Armenians, but also for other peoples of the East.
Armenian Genocide of 1915 disrupts fertile activity of Komitas. Passing through the horrors of the Genocide and surviving the inhumane suffering, he lost his mental balance and was not healed until the end of his life.
Komitas's works are diverse and reveale the expressiveness and nuances of the Armenian melody. Komitas's musical heritage is a major historical and cultural discovery.
Yerevan State Conservatory, State String Quartet of Armenia, Chamber Music House, a music school in Stepanakert and other buildings are named after Komitas. Statues to Komitas are erected in Yerevan, Etchmiadzin, Paris and elsewhere in the world.
Obverse: drawings by Komitas Vardapet and the fragments from the first printed song “National Hymn” (1891) in Armenian and European notes.
Reverse: portrait of Komitas Vardapet, outlines of the building of Gevorkian Theological Seminary (architector - H. Abgaryan), stylized images of a crane, Armenian and European notes.
Designed by Vardan Vardanyan (obverse) and Eduard Kurghinyan (reverse).
Minted in the Lithuanian Mint.
Specifications
Denomination: 1,000 dram
Metal: Silver 925
Weight: 33.6g
Diameter: 40mm
Mintage: 500 pcs.
Edge: Reeded
Strike quality: Proof
Metal: Silver 925
Weight: 33.6g
Diameter: 40mm
Mintage: 500 pcs.
Edge: Reeded
Strike quality: Proof
Files
Collection
Citation
“Komitas-150 - 1,000 dram 2019,” Armenian Numismatic Research Organization, accessed April 28, 2024, http://armnumres.org/items/show/1191.