Zulfugar bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov (, 17 April 1884 – 30 September 1950) was an Azerbaijani composer and a member of a family noted for its musical talents. He was one of the founders of the Azerbaijan Music Comedy Theater.

Biography

Hajibeyov was born in

Shusha Shusha (, ) or Shushi () is a city in Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Situated at an altitude of 1,400–1,800 metres (4,600–5,900 ft) in the Karabakh mountains, the city was a mountain resort in the Soviet Union, Soviet ...

on 17 April 1884. Hajibeyov's brother

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 188523 November 1948) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the Az� ...

is considered the "Father of Classical Music" in Azerbaijan. Their brother Jeyhun was a publicist, journalist, and ethnographer, and helped Uzeyir compose the opera '' Layla and Majnun''. His son, Niyazi Hajibeyov, was also a composer, and directed the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra for 40 years. Hajibeyov died on 30 September 1950. He is buried in the Alley of Honor in

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. Hajibeyov's house in Shusha is classified as a historical monument "bearing state importance" by Azerbaijan.

Works

Musical comedies

Opera

* '' Ashiq Qarib'' ("The Wandering Ashiq"), after the anonymous Azerbaijani romantic dastan of the same name, 1915.

Film

With his son Niyazi, Hajibeyov wrote the music for one of the first films of Azerbaijan, ''Almaz'', released in 1936.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hajibeyov, Zulfugar 1884 births 20th-century Azerbaijani composers Azerbaijani opera composers Soviet opera composers 1950 deaths Musicians from Shusha Male classical composers 20th-century male composers Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary alumni