Getatchew Mekurya
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Ethiopian jazz saxophonist (1935–2016)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ethiopia
- Active from
- 1935-03-14
- Active to
- 2016-04-04
Discography
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Gétatchèw Mèkurya (Amharic: ጌታቸው መኩሪያ) (14 March 1935 – 4 April 2016) was an Ethiopian jazz saxophonist. Mèkurya was born in Yifat, Ethiopia. He began his musical studies on traditional Ethiopian instruments such as the krar and the masenqo, and later moved on to the saxophone and clarinet. Upon reaching adolescence, he began his professional career in 1949 as a part of the Municipality Band in Addis Ababa. In 1955 he joined the house band at Addis' Haile Selassie I Theatre, and in 1965 joined
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5 total works indexed
- The Unity and Territorial Integrity of Ethiopia
· 1986 · cited 14x
- THE LETTER OF ARCHBISHOPS MIKA'EL AND GÄBR∃'EL CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF SATURDAY
· 1981 · cited 6x
- The Homily in Honour of St. Frumentius Bishop of Axum (EMML 1763 ff. 84<sup>v</sup>-86<sup>r</sup>
· 1979 · cited 3x
- THE FORTY-NINE HOUR SABBATH OF THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH
· 1988 · cited 3x
- The Marginal Notes in the Abba Gärima Gospels
· 2017 · cited 2x
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ethiopia
- Place of death
- Addis Ababa
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Native language
- Amharic
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Image
- Getatchew Mekuria.jpg
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- Getatchew Mekuria
- date of birth
- 1935-03-14
- date of death
- 2016-04-04
- name in native language
- ጌታቸው መኩሪያ
- cause of death
- diabetes
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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