Fäyzullin Cäwdät Xaris ulı ( Tatar: Фәйзуллин Җәүдәт Харис улы, pronounced ) Cäwdät Fäyzi (Җәүдәт Фәйзи , anglicized as Jaudat Faizi; russian: Файзи́ (Файзу́ллин) Джауда́т Хари́сович ''Fayzi (Fayzullin) Dzhaudat Kharisovich''; 1910–1973) was a Tatar composer and folklorist. People's Artist of TASSR (1964),

TASSR The Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Татарская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Автономияле Совет Соци� ...

(1944) and

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

(1957) Honoured Worker of Culture. In 1939-1941 Fäyzi was a chief of musical division and conductor in Tatar Academic Theatre, in 1944-1947, 1952-1957 he was a chief and artistic leader of Tatar Philharmonic Society. Major works: opera ''The Unshipped Letters'' (1960), 4 musical comedy (including the most famous ''My Slippers''), more than 200 song and romance, arrangement of folk songs. Fäyzi also is known as a collector of Tatar musical folklore. His works include articles on Tatar musical culture, librettos, plays, novels and poetry. Ğabdulla Tuqay TASSR State Prize laureate (1966).

References and notes

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fayzi, Cawdat 1910 births 1973 deaths Tatar people of the Soviet Union Soviet composers Soviet male composers Tatar music