Abdylas Maldybaevich Maldybaev ( ky, Абдылас Малдыбаевич Малдыбаев; July 7, 1906 – June 1, 1978) was a
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* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
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*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
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*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
...
composer, actor, and
operatic tenor singer. Maldybaev was one of the composers of the
state anthem
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and Europe ...
of the
Kirghiz SSR
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic (Kirghiz SSR; ky, Кыргыз Советтик Социалисттик Республикасы, Kyrgyz Sovettik Sotsialisttik Respublikasy, ky, Кыргыз ССР, Kyrgyz SSR, russian: Киргизск ...
and is still renowned for his operatic composition. He helped popularize Kyrgyz music by skillfully using
Western European techniques. The Kyrgyz one
som banknote pictures him.
Maldybayev provided folk melodies and composed music which was organized and prepared by Russian composers
Vladimir Vlasov and
Vladimir Fere into six Soviet state operas and other works. Their first full opera was ''Ai-churek''. The collective is usually hyphenated as Vlasov-Fere-Maldybayev, which also composed the Kirghiz national anthem.
Works
* ''Ai-Churek'', opera in four acts after an episode of the "Manas Epos" (1938–1939) Libretto: D. Tursubekov, D. Bokonbaev and K. Malikov. First performance in 1939 in Frunze.
* ''The History of Happiness'', cantata after V. Vinnikov (1949)
* ''On the Banks of Issyk-Kula'', opera after K. Bayalinov and V. Vinnikov (1950)
* ''Toktogul'', opera (1958)
His work has been recorded and issued on media including:
* ''Ai-Churek'', LP Melodiya D 07269-74: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirghiz State Theatre Opera & Ballet, Dzhumakhmatov (conductor), 1938
* ''On the Banks of Issyk-Kul'', LP Melodiya D 2253-4: Radio Orchestra, Tselikovsky (conductor), S. Kiyzbayeva (soprano), K. Chodronov (bass), 1950
* ''Toktogul'', LP Melodiya D 4610-1: (Fragments) Chorus and Orchestra of the Khirgiz State Theatre Opera & Ballet, Dzhumakhmatov (conductor), 1958
References
External links
UNESCO description
1906 births
1978 deaths
People from Chüy Region
People from Semirechye Oblast
Kyrgyzstani composers
Kyrgyzstani opera singers
Operatic tenors
20th-century classical composers
Kyrgyzstani opera composers
Soviet opera composers
Soviet male composers
Kyrgyzstani male singers
Soviet tenors
Soviet male opera singers
Male classical composers
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