[2] The second son of Zenop, Sebuh Manas (1816–1889) was also sent to Paris by Mahmud II (much like his brother Rupen) to attain art training.
One of the most important works of Jozef has been the miniature portrait of the last German Empress and Prussian Queen Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.
[12] Artistically gifted young Edgar was sent to Italy at the age of 13 to attend the Collegio Armeno Moorat-Raphael to study commerce.
Yet, his impulse to continue his music studies took him back to Italy, where he settled in Padua and worked with composer Luigi Bottazzo, focusing on harmony, counterpoint and fugue.
He produced a series of piano composition in the idiom of Chopin, including "Minuet-Valse" which was published in 1905 by A. Comendinger[14] of Constantinople.
In 1933, a choir of 160 members performed his Vatan Şarkısı (National Song) at the Tepebaşı Tiyatrosu in Istanbul.
The following year, Manas arranged and published 5 Türk Halk Şarkısı (Five Turkish Folk Songs) and, in 1935, composed Danses populaires Turques (Turkish Folk Dances) for piano, published by Editions Maurice Senard in Paris.
A large portion of Manas's manuscripts is reposited at the Charents Museum of Literature and Arts of Armenia.
Edgar Manas died March 9, 1964, and is buried in the Armenian Catholic cemetery of Şişli in Istanbul.