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Makar Yekmalyan

Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (died 1905)

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Born
February 2, 1856
Died
March 6, 1905
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1856

About Makar Yekmalyan

Makar Grigori Yekmalyan (also transliterated Ekmalian; in Armenian Մակար Եկմալյան) (2 February 1856, Vagharshapat - 6 March 1905, Tiflis) was an Armenian composer. == Biography == Yekmalyan studied at the Echmiadzin seminary and later in St Petersburg with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He then taught music in Tbilisi (Tiflis), where he died in 1905. His most noted composition was the Patarag (in Armenian Պատարագ), the setting of the Armenian Apostolic Church's Divine Liturgy, which he completed in 1892 in several arrangements. Patarag was first published in Leipzig in 1896. == Bibliography == Nikoghos Tahmizian, Makar Yekmalian - Life and Work (in Armenian), 1981, Sovetakan Grogh Publishing, Yerevan, Armenia.

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Makar Yekmalyan timeline

  1. Makar Grigori Yekmalyan (also transliterated Ekmalian; in Armenian Մակար Եկմալյան) (2 February 1856, Vagharshapat - 6 March 1905, Tiflis) was an Armenian composer.
  2. Patarag was first published in Leipzig in 1896.

The world when Makar Yekmalyan was born

Makar Yekmalyan was born in 1856. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineRep. Brooks canes Sen. Sumner on Senate floor
  • Technology milestoneFirst synthetic dye (mauveine) discovered
  • World population~1.36B

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  • U.S. leaderFranklin Pierce
  • U.S. population27.1M

1856 versus 2026

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Measure18562026
Population27.1M341 million

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