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Dimitri Arakishvili / დიმიტრი არაყიშვილი
Friday, July 15th, 2011Dimitri Arakishvili (February 11, 1873 – August 13, 1953) was a Georgian composer and ethnomusicologist considered as one of the founding fathers of modern Georgian music. He was also known by his Russified name Dimitry Ignatyevich Arakchiev. Born in Vladikavkaz (now North Ossetia, Russia), he graduated, in 1901, from the School of Music and Drama [...]