The Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture ( az, Azərbacan Musiqi Mədəniyyət Dövlət Muzeyi) was opened in 1967, in
Baku. The goal of the museum is the collection, storage, investigation and popularization of materials related to the
musical history of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...
.
Exhibits
The museum has a collection size of more than 20,000 items. Among these exhibits are musical instruments such as the
tar
Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black bi ...
,
kamancha,
saz,
qaval,
qoshanaghara,
zurna
The zurna ( Armenian: զուռնա zuṙna; Old Armenian: սուռնայ suṙnay; Albanian: surle/surla; Persian: karna/Kornay/surnay; Macedonian: зурла/сурла zurla/surla; Bulgarian: ''зурна/зурла''; Serbian: зурла/zu ...
, and
ney, and are rare instruments including the asa-tar and asa-saz. The collection also includes
gramophones, portable gramophones and
gramophone record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts ne ...
s, and archives of
opera singers
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...
such as
H.Sarabski, F.Mukhtarov, M.Bagirov and others are included in this museum. In addition, there are music manuscripts, personal belongings, records, posters, programs, photos, works of visual arts, notes, and books in the collection.
The museum also runs the
House-Museum of Niyazi.
See also
*
List of music museums
This worldwide list of music museums encompasses past and present museums that focus on musicians, musical instruments or other musical subjects.
Argentina
* – Mina Clavero
* Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos ...
External links
State Museum of Musical Culture of Azerbaijan at Google Cultural Institute
References
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Music museums
Musical instrument museums
1967 establishments in the Soviet Union
Museums established in 1967
Museums in Baku
Music organizations based in Azerbaijan