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 Gomidas Vartabed - Detroit, Michigan Posted by:  Rattrak
N 42° 19.705 W 083° 02.700
17T E 331508 N 4688266
Gomidas Vartabed can be found in the median of Jefferson Avenue, downtown Detroit.
Waymark Code: WM846E
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2010
Views: 11
Gomidas Vartabed
born Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan, 1869. He was a classical musicologist, music ethnologist, music pedagogue, composer and singer, he also was a priest. He was an activist for human rights and fought against Armenian Genocide.
Information from the SIRIS website;
Description:
A standing male figure of composer Gomidas Vartabed, dressed in a long, flowing garment. His proper right hand crosses his torso and grips his proper left arm, which is at his side.
Remarks:
Gomidas Vartabed was a composer of religious and Armenian folk music, and an intellectual leader of his community. Imprisoned on April 24, 1915, Vartabed was later released, and died in exile in Paris. The sculpture is a memorial to the 1.5 million Armenians who died at the hands of the Turks prior to World War I. The monument was initiated by Moe Assarion, who survived the Armenian Holocaust of 1915-1920, and Armenian businessman Alex Manoogian. The Armenian church raised the $60,000 necessary and the City of Detroit offered the installation site.
Inscription: signed
TITLE: Gomidas Vartabed
ARTIST(S): Arto Tchakmaktchian, sculptor.
DATE: Dedicated June 21, 1981
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MI000081
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
In the median of Jefferson Avenue, downtown Detroit, in front of 1 Woodward Avenue.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Found as listed, still very well maintained.
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