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MİNİSTRY OF EDUCATİON REPUBLİC OF
AZERBAİJAN
AZERBAİJAN STATE UNİVERSİTY OF
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Name:Nazperi
Surname:Samadova
Faculty:İnternational School of Economic
Speciality:Economics
Course and Group: Course I, Group 1061
Subject: The English Language
Leader:Mirzayeva Aynur
The theme of the free topic :Wellknown azerbaijanianies in the World
BAKU-2015
Kara Karayev-composer Kara Karayev:(1918-1982),born in Baku he studied at music school
there from 1926-1935 (under Sharoyev).He contunied his studies at the Baku Conservatory
from 1935-1938 (composition under L.M.Rudolf. He moved on to the Moskow Conservatory
from 1938-1941(composition under Anatoli Aleksandrov and orchestration under
S.Vasilenko) and from 1943-1946(composition under Dmitri Shostakovich).His principal
works are three symphonies,suites and symphonic poems,violin
concerto,ballets,opera,oratorio,cantatas,film music,piano works,two string quarters,sonata for
violin and piano.İn his style Karayev is clearly a pupil of Shostakovich. İn his music he tries
to make a creative synthesis of a non-western musical idiom with Western form,harmony and
artistic-audience values.Folklore and national tradition influenced his music.
Arif Melikov: (1933- ) Born in Baku he studied from 1946 until 1951 at the Baku Music
College. From 1953 until 1958 he attended Baku Conservatory (studying composition under
Kara Karaev). In 1958 he was appointed to teach at the conservatory, where he was assistant
professor from 1971. From 1979 he is professor in composition and instrumentation. The
Azeri traditional music is the basis of Melikov's compositions. His principal works have a
symphonic form.Melikov is a symphonist mainly. His works are based on traditional
Azerbaijan folklore, moulding certain international elements of this folklore into classical
form structures.
Samad Vurgun - poetSamad Vurgun: (1906-1956) Born in the village of Salahli he studied at
Baku Pedagogical University and Moscow State University. Poet, playwriter, academician,
Deputy of the USSR Supreme Soviet, member of Azerbaijan's Parliament, Vice-President of
Azerbaijan's Academy of Sciences, Member of the Soviet Peace Committee, President of the
Writer's Union in Baku, and recipient of both the Stalin and Lenin Prizes, twice each. He was
loved by the regime and invited to read his poems in the presence of Stalin and to offer a toast
in the presence of Winston Churchill. Vurgun's house in Baku has become a museum, you'll
find it on 4 Teymur Aliyarbeyov St.
Fikrat Amirov - composer and musicianFikrat Amirov: (1922-1985). He was born in the
northern city of Ganja, the son of a mugam singer. Among his father's circle was Bul-Bul, one
of the most well known vocalists of the day. Bul-bul invited the Fikrat to join musicians who
were collecting folk songs. From an early age Fikrat began composing pieces for the piano.
After graduating from Ganja Music College, Fikrat entered Baku State Conservatory and
studied under Boris Zeidman and Uzeyir Hajibeyov. When in 1941 World War II reached the
USSR, Amirov was drafted. Soon he ended up in hospital for shell shock and latter also
operated following an intestinal disease. By 1943 he was back at the Conservatory, where he
graduated. Fikrat was very methodical in his work, respecting discipline, cleanliness and
order. His music is characterized by a clear melodic line, dramatic intensity and elements
from folklore. Among his most outstanding pieces are works such as "Shur", "Azerbaijan
Capriccio", "The Legend of Nasimi" and "Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra".
Besides composing, Amirov was also involved with numerous responsibilities related to
music. He directed the Azerbaijan Opera and Ballet Theatre, presided over the Azerbaijan
Composers' Union in the and headed the Soviet Composers' Union.
Bul-Bul in his youthBul-Bul: (1897-1971). Born in Shusha, in the Nagorno Karabakh region,
Bul-Bul (meaning nightingale) is Emblematic of Azerbaijan, as an artist who made the best
synthesis of east and west. Having started his career as a "khanade" folk singer, in 1921 he
entered the Azerbaijan State conservatoire to get a classical musical education, later
completing his studies in Milan. With these experiences, he went on to transfer his oriental
singing into the European singing school, in the process creating a new vocal tradition in
Azerbaijan, probably one of the first experiments in what is now called "World Music". He
was a singer, an actor, a teacher, a musical researcher and innovator, attracting the highest
honours conferred by the government of his time. In Baku you can visit the Bul-bul Museum
on 15 Bul-bul Av.