Khayyam Hadi oglu Mirzazade ( az, Xəyyam Hadı oğlu Mirzəzadə; 5 October 1935 – 30 July 2018) was an
Azerbaijani composer and professor.
Biography
Khayyam Mirzazade was born on October 5, 1935, in
Baku. In 1957, he graduated from
Azerbaijan State Conservatoire
The Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music (Azeri: ''Hacıbəyov adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a music school in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire.
H ...
. From 1957, he taught at Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. From 1969 to 1983, he was a manager of composition cathedra at Azerbaijan State Conservatoire. Khayyam Mirzazade is the author of symphonic and chamber compositions, music to drama spectacles and movies and lyric songs.
On October 7, 2000, he was awarded with
Shohrat Order
Shohrat Order ( az, Şöhrət ordeni), translated as ''Order of Glory'', is an award presented by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
History and status
The order was created by the Decree No. 757 of the President of Azerbaijan, Heydar ...
by the President of
Azerbaijan
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.
Titles and awards
* Honored Art Worker of the
Azerbaijan SSR (1972)
* People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1987)
*
Lenin Komsomol Prize
Lenin Komsomol Prize () was a Soviet annual award for the best works in science, engineering, literature or art carried out by young authors of age not exceeding 33 years. Komsomol was the abbreviated name of The Communist Union of Youth (Russia ...
of the Azerbaijan SSR (1970)
* State premiums of Azerbaijan (1976,
[Ədəbiyyat, incəsənət və arxitektura sahəsində 1976-cı il Azərbaycan SSR Dövlət mükafatlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan KP MK-nın və Azərbaycan SSR Nazirlər Sovetinin 1976-cı il tarixli Qərarı](_blank)
— anl.az 1986)
* “Shohrat” Order (2000)
Compositions
For chorus, soloist and symphony orchestra:
* “Blossom, our Motherland”
cantata (together with E.Mahmudov, lyrics by Z.Jabbarzade, 1964)
* Ode about party (lyrics by
B.Vahabzade, 1975)
For symphony orchestra:
* Symphony I (1957)
* Symphony II (
Triptych
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, 1970)
* Little lyric suite (1963)
* Sketches-63 (1963)
* “In
Mughan
Mughan plain ( az, Muğan düzü, مغان دوزو; ) is a plain stretching from northwestern Iran to the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The highest density of irrigation canals is in the section of the Mughan plain which lies in ...
fields” suite (1967)
For chamber orchestra:
* Music (1964)
* 3 choreographic scenes (1969)
For
woodwind instrument
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s:
*
Sextet
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(1962)
For string quartet:
*
Quartet I (1956)
* Quartet II (1961)
* Four miniatures (1958)
* Norashen dances (1972)
For
brass instruments:
* Quartet (1970)
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
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:
*
Sonatina (1950)
* A poem and
scherzo
A scherzo (, , ; plural scherzos or scherzi), in western classical music, is a short composition – sometimes a movement from a larger work such as a symphony or a sonata. The precise definition has varied over the years, but scherzo often re ...
(1952)
For solo instrument
* ''Genesis'', Sonata for viola solo (1982)
Music to movies
* 1961 – “Our street”
* 1964 – “Summit” (a plot in film-almanach “Whom do we love much”
* 1970 – “My seven sons”
* 1972 – “I grew up at the seaside”
* 1973 – “Along a dangerous marine way” (short-movie)
* 1974 – “Winds blow in Baku”
* 1977 – “A stab in the back”
* 1978 – “Country house for one family”
* 1981 – “The day after tomorrow, at midnight”
* 1985 – “Cottage season”
* 1987 – “Aphrodite’s hands” (short movie)
* 1990 – “Basement”
* 1993 – “My white city”
* 1993 – “Hello from another world”
* 1993-2002 – “Shooting is postponed”
References
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1935 births
2018 deaths
Azerbaijani composers
20th-century classical composers
Musicians from Baku
Soviet film score composers
Male film score composers
Baku Academy of Music alumni
People's Artists of Azerbaijan
Soviet Azerbaijani people
Recipients of the Shohrat Order
20th-century male musicians
Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR