Hajibaba Huseynali oghlu Huseynov ( az, Hacıbaba Hüseynəli oğlu Hüseynov; March 15, 1919 – October 24, 1993) was an Azerbaijani
khananda
A khananda ( az, xanəndə ; fa, خواننده; alternative spellings in English: khanende, khanande, khanandeh) is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer". Wh ...
, poet, pedagogue. He was awarded the
People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR.
Biography
Hajibaba Huseynov was born on March 15, 1919, in
Baku.
With the outbreak of the
Great Patriotic War
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in 1941, he began to work as a lathe operator at the "Parkommuna" plant. After the end of the war in 1945, the famous singer
Sara Gadimova, the sister-in-law of him, introduced Hajibaba Huseynov to the prominent pedagogue, tar player
Ahmad Bakikhanov. A. Bakikhanov invited H. Huseynov to his ensemble and he worked there for three years.
In 1962–1992, Hajibaba Huseynov taught
mugham
Mugham ( az, Muğam) or Mughamat ( az, Muğamat) is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.
It is a highly complex art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific ...
at
Azerbaijan State Music School named after Asaf Zeynally.
Nazakat Mammadova Nazakat Mammadova ( az, Nəzakət Məmmədova, Назакет Мамедова, February 28, 1944, Ganja - October 21, 1980, Sochi) was an Azerbaijani singer. She started her career in the ''Lale'' girls musical group and between 1970 and ...
,
Gadir Rustamov
Gadir Rustamov ( az, Qədir Rüstəmov; 3 March 1935 – 14 December 2011) was an Azerbaijani mugham
Mugham ( az, Muğam) or Mughamat ( az, Muğamat) is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ...
,
Sakhavat Mammadov
Sakhavat Mammadov ( az, Səxavət Məmmədov; 23 October 1953 – 30 September 1991) was an Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani mugham singer.
Death
On Monday, 30 September 1991, Sakhavat died in a motor vehicle accident. He couldn't be buried in hi ...
, Zaur Rzayev, Teymur Mustafayev, Sabir Aliyev, Bilal Aliyev, Zabit Nabizade and others were his students.
Hajibaba Huseynov was the first performer of "Ushshag", "Husseini", "Novruzi ravanda" sections of
Rast mugham and "Shah Khatai" section of other mughams.
[ At his initiative, the "Dilruba" section of Bayaty-Shiraz mugham was added to the textbook.
The singer had started touring abroad since 1989. His first visit was to ]Iraq
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with a great musician staff. He gave concerts in Turkey
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(Adana
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Adana lies in the heart of Cilicia, wh ...
) in 1990 and in Belgium
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(Brussels
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), France
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(Paris
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, Marseille
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, Lyon
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, Montpellier), Switzerland and the Netherlands
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for one month in 1991. His last visit was to the Islamic Republic of Iran
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in 1992, which lasted more than two months with a group of twelve musicians.
H. Huseynov died on October 24, 1993, in Baku. By the order of Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Az ...
, the singer was buried on October 26, 1993, in the First Alley of Honor.
On February 22, 2019, President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hajibaba Huseynov.
Awards
* People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR — October 29, 1990
* Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR — March 21, 1989
References
Literature
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1919 births
1993 deaths
20th-century Azerbaijani male singers
Azerbaijani educators
Mugham singers
Musicians from Baku
People's Artistes of the Azerbaijan SSR