Music of Nagorno-Karabakh
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Nagorno-Karabakh
is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus
, and its music has gained it the epigraph "cradle of Azerbaijani music." (There is an expression in Azerbaijan, "If you can't sing, you're not from Karabakh.")
Many outstanding Azerbaijani musicians trace their origins to this region.
Shusha (1), a small city in the western region of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, has long been considered one of the music centers of Azerbaijan. It is called "the Conservatory of the Caucasus."
The most renowned of the musicians that trace their origins from Nagorno-Karabakh are Uzeyir Hajibeyov
(the founder of classical music of Azerbaijan), Badalbeylis, Muslim Magomayev
, André
and Polad Bul-Bul Oglu.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov is the composer of the first opera in the Muslim world "Leyli and Majnun" (2). He is remembered the most for his famous opera, "Koroglu" (3) (Blind Man's Son, 1937), and his musical comedy "Arshin Mal Alan" (4) (The Cloth Peddler, 1913).
Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, lying between Lower Karabakh and Zangezur and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains...
is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus
South Caucasus
The South Caucasus is a geopolitical region located on the border of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia also referred to as Transcaucasia, or The Trans-Caucasus...
, and its music has gained it the epigraph "cradle of Azerbaijani music." (There is an expression in Azerbaijan, "If you can't sing, you're not from Karabakh.")
Many outstanding Azerbaijani musicians trace their origins to this region.
Shusha (1), a small city in the western region of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, has long been considered one of the music centers of Azerbaijan. It is called "the Conservatory of the Caucasus."
The most renowned of the musicians that trace their origins from Nagorno-Karabakh are Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Uzeyir bey Abdul Hussein oglu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer, conductor, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator, and social figure from Azerbaijan. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera...
(the founder of classical music of Azerbaijan), Badalbeylis, Muslim Magomayev
Muslim Magomayev
Muslim Mahammad oglu Magomayev , "King of Songs" or "Soviet Sinatra" as some refer him was an iconic Soviet and Azerbaijani baritone operatic and pop singer of the 1960s and 1970s...
, André
André (singer)
André, born Andrey Hovnanian is an Armenian singer. He won the Best Male Singer trophy at the Armenian Music Awards in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In addition, he performs as a actor at the local theater in Stepanakert, in the Nagorno-Karabakh.-Early life :At the age of three André started...
and Polad Bul-Bul Oglu.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov is the composer of the first opera in the Muslim world "Leyli and Majnun" (2). He is remembered the most for his famous opera, "Koroglu" (3) (Blind Man's Son, 1937), and his musical comedy "Arshin Mal Alan" (4) (The Cloth Peddler, 1913).