Kechachioghlu Muhammed ( az, Keçəçioğlu Məhəmməd, 18 June 1864 — 20 November 1940) 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 Culture of Azerbaijan, Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin ...

Biography

Kechachioghlu was born in 1864 in

Shusha / hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar ...

. He played a special role in the development of the musical culture of Azerbaijan. He learned the art of singing in the school of

Kharrat Gulu Karbalayi Gulu Mahammad oghlu az, Kərbəlayı Qulu Məhəmməd oğlu, 1823–1883) was a musicologist, poet, founder of music school in Shusha. Biography The founder of music school in Shusha, musicologist Karbalayi Gulu was born in 1823. K ...

in Shusha and from the famous singer

Mashadi Isi Mashadi Isi ( az, Məşədi İsi, — 1905) was a 19th-century Azerbaijani singer, representative of the Karabakh mugham school. Biography Mashadi Isi received his first musical education in Shusha, at Kharrat Gulu's school. The singer was one ...

. Creative trips were widely used in his work. In addition to singing, he was engaged in pedagogical activities. In 1926 he was invited by

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 ...

to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall and trained young singers. The khananda died on 20 November 1940, in

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Creativity

His repertoire featured classical mugams,

tasnif Tasnif ( fa, تصنيف) is one of the several forms of Persian music and can be considered as the Persian equivalent of the ballad. It is a composed song in a slow metre. As is true of other forms of musical composition, most tasnifs are of relativ ...

and

folk songs Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has be ...

. When he and

Jabbar Garyaghdioglu Jabbar Garyagdioglu or Garyaghdyoglu ( az, Cabbar Qaryağdıoğlu pronounced ) (31 March 1861 – 20 April 1944) was an Azerbaijani folk singer (khananda). He is known as the first khananda to perform mughamats in the Azeri language. He mostly sa ...

read Fuzuli's scenes from the poem "Leyli and Majnun" in the form of a duet was especially famous. A number of mugham, tasnif and folk songs performed by him were recorded on the gramophone record by the "Sport-Record" (

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, 1912) and "Ekstrafon" (

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, 1914).

References

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