Melikyan, Spiridon Avetisovich
(1880–1933)
Melikyan [Mileekyán], Spiridon Avetisovich (11–19/12–1–1880, Echmiadzin; 5–4–1933, Yerevan). Choral cond., musicologist, and comp. Grad. 1902 from the Echmiadzin Theological Seminary, where he was a pupil of Komitas . Also studied at the Schmidt Cons. in Berlin (1904–08). Founded the Armenian Music Soc. in 1912 and the Armenian Choral Soc. in 1917. Researched the theory and history of Armenian music and collected over 1,000 folk songs. Works: Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAscendingDescending Kid…