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Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist, and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the national anthem of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Hajibeyov also composed the anthem used by Azerbaijan during the Soviet period. He was the first composer of an opera in the Islamic world. He composed the fi…
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culture · Azerbaijani composer and musicologist (1885–1948) · conductor · composer · music educator · writer · journalist · ethnomusicologist · playwright · musicologist · folklorist · also Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov, Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyli, Uzeyir bey Abdul Huseyn oglu Hajibeyov, Hajibeyov
Born 17 September 1885 · Died 23 November 1948 · Q317397
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2013· 1 entry
2008· 1 entry
The National Bank of Azerbaijan minted a 100 manat gold commemorative coin dedicated to Hajibeyov's memory
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1948· 1 entry
Died 1948-11-23.
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1946· 1 entry
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1946).
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1945· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1945).
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Won Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945).
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Published the book entitled Principles of Azerbaijan Folk Music, which has been translated into several languages including English in 1985 devoted to the centenary of his birth
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1944· 1 entry
Won Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus" (1944).
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1941· 2 entries
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1941).
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For the opera Koroghlu (1936), and the other time in 1946 for the 1945 film based on his opera Arshin Mal Alan
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1938· 3 entries
Awarded People's Artist of the USSR (1938).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1938).
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Was awarded with the title of People's Artist of the USSR
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1937· 1 entry
Awarded People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1937).
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1936· 2 entries
Awarded Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1936).
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Hajibeyov assisted in the founding of the Azerbaijani State Choir within the Azerbaijan Philharmonic Society
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1931· 1 entry
Hajibeyov helped in establishing the Azeri Folk Instruments Orchestra affiliated with the Radio Committee
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1927· 1 entry
Hajibeyov published Collection of Azerbaijani Folk Songs along with composer Muslim Magomayev
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1920· 1 entry
And named after Hajibeyov after his death
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1914· 1 entry
Was announced to be performed on western stages for the first time
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1909· 1 entry
In a form that was entirely opposite to the first
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1908· 3 entries
Hajibeyov wrote his first opera, Leyli and Majnun, based on the tragic love story by the 15th century poet Fuzuli
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With very little formal musical education, he was capable of writing a full-length opera
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And since then he is revered for adapting the written masterpiece to the theatre
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1907· 1 entry
And the textbook Arithmetic Problems in 1908, and had them published by the Orujov Brothers Publishing House in Baku
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1885· 1 entry
Born 1885-09-17.
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