Edgar Manas

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Edgar Manas was an Ottoman-Armenian composer and musicologist best known for orchestrating Turkey’s national anthem, the İstiklâl Marşı.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman-Armenian person
composer
human
musicologist
areaOfActivity church music
harmony and counterpoint
music education
orchestration
associatedWith Ottoman Armenian community in Istanbul
Turkish national anthem
İstiklâl Marşı
citizenship Ottoman Empire
contributedTo institutionalization of Western-style music in Turkey
orchestral arrangement of national symbols in Turkey
countryOfWork Turkey
culturalContext Ottoman Empire
Republic of Turkey
ethnicGroup Armenians
familyName Manas
fieldOfWork music
musicology
genre classical music
givenName Edgar
hasWorkType arrangements of folk melodies
choral music
liturgical music
orchestral music
heritage Armenian musical tradition
Ottoman classical music tradition
influenced development of early Republican Turkish music
knownFor contributions to Turkish Republican music
orchestrating the İstiklâl Marşı
languageOfWorkOrName Armenian
French
Turkish
name Edgar Manas
notableRole orchestrator of the İstiklâl Marşı
notableWork orchestration of the Turkish national anthem
occupation composer
musicologist
religion Christianity
workLocation Istanbul

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
İstiklâl Marşı
arrangedBy
Edgar Manas
name

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