Robert Atayan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Atayan

Armenian musicologist

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1915

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1994

Profession: composer, teacher, folklorist, musicologist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Armenia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Robert Arshaki Atayan (Armenian: ?????? ??????; 7 (20) November 1915 – 4 March 1994) was an Armenian musicologist and composer. He was born in Tehran, Iran and later moved to Soviet Armenia.
He completed the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory in 1941 and since 1944 taught there.
He authored several important works on the Armenian system of musical notation called khaz.
He spent almost thirty years researching Komitas's work and was the main editor of the Collected Works of Komitas in fourteen volumes (Yerevan, 1960-2006).
He is recognized as the foremost authority of Komitas's art.Atayan died in Los Angeles.
He was buried in Yerevan.