Jahangir Shirgasht oglu Jahandirov – Soviet

Soviet Union

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 and Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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i composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, conductor

Conducting

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, choirmaster and People's Artist

People's Artist

People's Artist is a honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states , as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USSR....

 of the Azerbaijan SSR (1964).

Biography

Jahangir Jahangirov was born on July 20, 1921, in Balakhany

Balaxani

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 township of Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

. He graduated from musical school named after Asaf Zeynally

Asaf Zeynally

Asaf Zeynalabdin oglu Zeynally , also spelled Zeynalli , was an Azerbaijani composer.-Early life:...

 and then from Baku Academy of Music

Baku Academy of Music

The Hajibeyov Baku Academy of Music is a music school in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyov Azerbaijan State Conservatoire.-History:...

. From 1944 to 1960, he led the chorus

Chorus

-Musical:* Choir, a vocal ensemble* Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound; signal processors design to simulate the effect* Refrain or chorus of a song, pre-chorus may refer to bridge...

 of Broadcasting

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  Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR. Majority of songs, composed by him for the first time were played by the chorus, which he led. After that he was the artistic director

Artistic director (music)

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 of the Song and Dance Ensemble at Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall

Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall

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. In 1950, Jahangir Jahangirov was awarded the USSR State Prize

USSR State Prize

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, and in 1963, he received People’s Artist status of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Compositions

Jahangir Jahangirov is the author of a lot of famous musical compositions. “Across the river Aras” (1949) vocal

Singing

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-symphonic

Symphony

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 poem

Lyrics

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, “A song about friendship” (1956), “Fuzûlî

Fuzûlî

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” (1959), “Nasimi” (1973) suite

Suite

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s, “Sabir

Mirza Alakbar Sabir

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” (1962), “Huseyn Javid

Huseyn Javid

Huseyn Javid , born Huseyn Abdulla oglu Rasizadeh , other spellings "," was a prominent Azerbaijani poet and playwright of the early 20th century...

-59” (1984), “Great victory” (1985) (dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the victory in Great Patriotic War

Eastern Front (World War II)

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) oratorio

Oratorio

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s, “Azad” (1957), “Khananda

Khananda

A khananda is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer"...

’s fortune” (1978) opera

Opera

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s are among them. Besides that, the composer composed music for films “Indomitable Kura

Kura River

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”, “Koroglu

Koroglu

A dance tune in a five-beat rhythm that was well-known to the farming populations of Asia Minor and the Aydın area in particular. In Turkish, “köroğlu”means “the son of the blind man” and the reference is to a famous troubadour whosereputation spread from Asia Minor as far as the Caucasus, Persia,...

”, and “Unsubdued battalion

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”.