Emin Sabitoglu ( az, Emin Sabitoğlu, real name Emin Sabit oghlu Mahmudov (); 2 November 1937 – 18 November 2000) was a

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i composer, author of a lot of well-known Azerbaijani

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s and

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for films. People's actor of Azerbaijan.

Biography

Emin Sabitoglu was born on 2 November 1937, in the family of Azerbaijani writer Sabit Rahman. After graduation from musical school in Baku, he entered

Gara Garayev Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev ( az, Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a pr ...

’s class at Baku Conservatoire, in 1954. Two years later he was transferred to

Moscow State Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

named after

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

(

Yuri Shaporin Yuri Alexandrovich Shaporin (russian: Юрий (Георгий) Александрович Шапорин) ( – 9 December 1966), PAU, was a Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer. Biography Shaporin was born in Hlukhiv in the Russian Empire ...

’s class). In 1961, he began to work as music editor in film studio “

Azerbaijanfilm Azerbaijanfilm ( az, Azərbaycanfilm) is an Azerbaijani state film production company. It is located in the capital Baku. History "Azerbaijanfilm" was established in 1920 as a photo-cinema department at the Azerbaijan SSR People's Commissariat, ...

". In consecutive years he worked as art director of the State Philarmony, and also taught at State Conservatory named after

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Üzeyir bəy Əbdülhüseyn oğlu Hacıbəyov; russian: Узеир Абдул-Гусейн оглы Гаджибеков, translit=Uzeir Abdul-Guseyn ogly Gadzhibekov; September 18, 1885November 23, 19 ...

. He wrote poems for several pieces of music. However, several music genres have been the major part in his works. He composed more than 600 songs, 9 musical comedies and pieces of music for nearly 40 films. He has numerous compositions written for plays. The composer himself does not know exactly. Along with theatres in Baku, he composed music for theatres in Sumgayit, Ganja, Lankaran, Mingachevir, and Nakchivan. Emin Sabitoğlu Emin Sabitoglu died on 18 November 2000 in Baku.

Creativity

Emin Sabitoglu is the author of a lot of works in different music genres. Particularly, he is the author of one symphony, three symphonic poems, three cantatas, string quartet and a poem for

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

and

fortepiano A fortepiano , sometimes referred to as a pianoforte, is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1698 up to the early 19th century. Mo ...

. But some music genres make up the main part of his creativity. He is the author of more than 600 songs, nine

musical comedies Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

, author of songs for many films. Besides that, Emin Sabitoglu created a large number of musical compositions for theatrical spectacles.

Family

* Emin Sabitoglu is writer Sabit Rahman's and Ismat khanum Iravanski's son. Ismat Khanum Iravanski was from House of Iravanski. * Musician, Jeyran Mahmudova is his daughter. * His wife is singer, Khadija Abbasova

References

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