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
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Biography

Soltan Hajibeyov was born 5 May 1919 in

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

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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
Big Soviet Encyclopedia, third edition. Accessed January 10, 2010. Hajibeyov was the

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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

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of second degree in 1952 for his ballet "Gulshen" and was awarded the title of

in 1973. Hajibeyov died on 19 September 1974, in

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*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 {{Azerbaijan-bio-stub

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