Nizami Ganjavi
The 12th-century poet behind the Khamsa — born in Ganja and buried there.
nizami-gencevi.tut.az
Person
Uzeyir Hajibeyli
Composer of the first opera in the Muslim East and founder of Azerbaijani classical music.
Go to the site
uzeyir-hacibeyli.tut.az
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In brief
In 1908 Baku staged Leyli and Majnun, the first work to fuse mugham with European operatic form. The musical comedy Arshin Mal Alan followed and travelled the world.
Hajibeyli built the conservatoire, the state choir and a school of notated mugham analysis. The music of Azerbaijan's anthem is his as well.
On the site
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Operas
Staging history and librettos
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Mugham and notation
How an oral tradition was written down
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Arshin Mal Alan
The show, the films, the translations
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The school
Students and successors
Related sites
Kara Karayev
The composer whose ballets and symphonic music carried the Azerbaijani school into the 20th century.
qara-qarayev.tut.az
Rashid Behbudov
The tenor the whole USSR knew after Arshin Mal Alan, and founder of the Song Theatre.
resid-behbudov.tut.az