Hampartsoum Limondjian [SEP] place of death
has composed a large number of Turkish music pieces, most of which are regularly performed today.
Biography Death and afterward.
Hampartsoum Limondjian died at the age of 71 in his house in the Hasköy district of Constantinople. He is buried in the Surp Agop Armenian Cemetery.
Hamparsum notation.
Using his own system, Hampartsoum Limondjian transcribed most of 18th century Turkish music compositions in a collection of six books, which he presented to Selim III. Only two of the originals survive to date and are preserved at the Istanbul
Hampartsoum Limondjian
Hampartsoum Limondjian () (1768 – 29 June 1839) was an Ottoman Armenian composer of Armenian church and classical music and musical theorist who developed the "Hampartsoum notation system". The system was the main music notation for Armenian and Ottoman classical music until modern times and is still used by the Armenian Apostolic Church.
The name Համբարձում, pronounced "Hampartsum" in Western Armenian or "Hambardzum" in Eastern Armenian, means "Ascension". Hampartsoum Limondjian is referred to as Baba Hamparsum (Father Hampartsoum)