Soltan Ismayil oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Soltan İsmayıl oğlu Hacıbəyov, russian: Солтан Исмаил оглы Гаджибеков, also transliterated as Sultan Gadzhibekov; 5 May 1919 – 19 September 1974), was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer. He was awarded the
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union.
Nomenclature and significan ...
(on 26 July 1973)
[Bəstəkar S.İ.Hacıbəyova SSRİ xalq artisti fəxri adı verilməsi haqqında SSRİ Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 26 iyul 1973-cü il tarixli Fərmanı](_blank)
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Biography
Soltan Hajibeyov was born 5 May 1919 in
Shusha
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Russian Empire
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. He was
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 ...
's cousin. Hajibeyov was a composer who contributed greatly to the formation of national symphonic music of Azerbaijan. He authored a ballet "Gulshen" (1950), a musical comedy "Red rose" (1940), two symphonies (1944, 1946), "Karavan" (1945) and a children's opera "Iskander and a shepherd" (1947)
[Hadzhibekov, Sultan Ismail Ogly](_blank)
Big Soviet Encyclopedia, third edition. Accessed January 10, 2010.
Hajibeyov was the
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Azerbaijan State Conservatory (now
Baku Academy of Music
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 1969 to 1974. He received the
Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to:
* The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize
The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...
of second degree in 1952 for his ballet "Gulshen" and was awarded the title of
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union.
Nomenclature and significan ...
in 1973.
Hajibeyov died on 19 September 1974, in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
,
Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...
,
Soviet Union
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.
See also
*
List of People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR
This is a list of People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1931–1990); which after 1998, was renamed and rededicated as the People's Artist of Azerbaijan to reflect the new country leadership.
1930s
1931
* Gurban Pirimov (1880–1965), ...
*
Osman Hajibeyov
Osman Ismayil oglu Hajibeyov (February 18, 1924 – June 14, 1979) was a theatrical actor of Azerbaijan. He was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1969), and was a winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize (1967). Life
Osman Ismayil ...
References
Notes
Sources
*Aida Tagizade
''Sultan Gadzhibekov : zhiznʹ i tvorchestvo''(Sultan Gadzhibekov: life and creative work) , Baku, 1985
*El'mira Abasova
''Sultan Gadzhibekov'', Azerbaijan State Publishing, Baku, 1965
1919 births
1974 deaths
Musicians from Shusha
Azerbaijani composers
People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR
People's Artists of the USSR
Stalin Prize winners
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Soviet composers
Soviet male composers
Soviet Azerbaijani people
Baku Academy of Music alumni
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century composers
20th-century male musicians
Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR
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