Ananda Samarakoon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon
Sri Lankan musician (1911–1962)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sri Lanka
- Active from
- 1911-01-13
- Active to
- 1962-04-05
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 64
- Total plays
- 612
Tags
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Ananda Samarakoon (1911–1962) was a Sri Lankan composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Sri Lanka Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Geeta Sahitya (Song Literature). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ananda+Samarakoon">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sri Lanka
- Place of birth
- Colombo
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Educated at
- Visva-Bharati University
- Notable work
- Sri Lanka Matha
- Genre
- music of Sri Lanka
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- manner of death
- Suicide
- date of birth
- 1911-01-13
- date of death
- 1962-04-05
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
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