| 词条 | Krikor Kalfayan |
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LifeOf Armenian descent, Krikor Kalfayan was born in Bursa, Ottoman Empire in 1873. His father was an architect. Krikor Kalfayan attained his primary education at the local Armenian school.[2] He eventually moved to Constantinople where he continued his education at the prestigious Getronagan Lyceum. Kalfayan was admitted to the Schola Cantorum in Paris, France where he was taught by renowned music teacher and composer Charles Bordes and Vincent d'Indy.[3] Upon completion of his studies, he lectured on Armenian music in both France and England.[1] In 1905, he published a magazine called Kroonk and contributed to the Revue Artistique Armenienne in both French and Armenian. In 1907 he was admitted to the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique in Paris. Krikor Kalfayan is an author of over 150 musical compositions.[1] His compositions are mostly based on religious and patriotic themes. On April 4, 1911, Kalfayan conducted his first concert which consisted of his musical works in the works he created in the Schola Cantorum de Paris. Krikor Kalfayan moved from France and settled in the United States in 1913. Kalfayan became a U.S. citizen in 1922. After attaining his citizenship, he composed an American patriotic march entitled O America with lyrics by Alice Stone Blackwell.[4] Kalfayan eventually became a music master of Armenian churches in Worchester, Boston, Lowell and Fresno. More than a dozen of his compositions have been published and recorded. Kalfayan gave concerts in New York City, Boston, Fresno, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He died in Fresno, California in 1949.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last=Bulbulian|first=Berge|title=The Fresno Armenians : history of a diaspora community|year=2000|publisher=Press at California State University, Fresno|location=Fresno, CA|isbn=9780912201351|pages=185–186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRV2AAAAMAAJ&q}} {{authority control}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Mahakian|first=Charles|title=History of the Armenians in California|year=1974|publisher=R and E Research Associates|page=77|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZoSAQAAIAAJ&q|edition=reprint|accessdate=9 March 2013}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Mouradian|first=Claire|authorlink=Claire Mouradian|title=Arménie, une passion française: le mouvement arménophile en France, 1878-1923|year=2007|publisher=Magellan & Cie|page=105|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMwiAQAAIAAJ&q}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=O America [music]: march / words by Alice Stone Blackwell and K. Proff-Kalfaian; music by K. Proff-Kalfaian|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/5971460|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=9 March 2013}} 15 : 1873 births|1949 deaths|American musicologists|20th-century writers of the Ottoman Empire|Educators of the Ottoman Empire|Writers from Fresno, California|People from Bursa|Armenians of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman emigrants to France|Ottoman emigrants to the United States|Schola Cantorum de Paris alumni|American writers|American composers|American male writers|Expatriates of the Ottoman Empire |
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