Edgar Manas
Edgar Manas 
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| Name in Armenian | Էտկար Մանաս |
| Birthplace | Istanbul |
| Birth date | 12 April 1875 |
| Lived in | Istanbul, Venice, Padua |
| Resides in | Istanbul |
| Death date | 1964/03/09 |
| Death year | 1964 |
| Ethnicities | Armenian |
| Dialects | Western Armenian |
| Ancestral villages | Gesaria |
| Relatives | Raphael Manas |
Edgar Manas Effendi (Armenian: Էտկար Մանաս; April 12, 1875 in Istanbul – March 9, 1964 in Istanbul) was a Turkish-born Armenian composer, conductor and musicologist. He is one of the three co-authors of the Turkish National Anthem, as he made the arrangements for orchestra.
Family
Of Armenian descent, Edgar's father, Alexandre Manas, was the chief translator for the Ottoman Public Debt Administration. The family lineage may be traced back to Caesarea (now Kayseri), where it originated in the mid-sixteenth century. Raphael Manas (c.1710 - 1790), an official painter of the Ottoman Empire, was arguably the most outstanding figure of the Manas dynasty: he made the portraits of Mahmud I, Osman III and Mustafa III.
Edgar Manas was born on April 12, 1875, in Istanbul. Artistically gifted young Edgar was sent to Italy at the age of 13 to attend the Murat-Raphaelian Armenian School[3] to study commerce. While in Venice he also took piano lessons with Professor Trivellini. Upon graduating in 1894, he returned to his native city. Yet, his impulse to continue his music studies took him back to Italy, where he settled in Padua and worked with composer Luigi Bottazzo,[4] focusing on harmony, counterpoint and fugue.