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Afrasiyab Badalbeyli

1907 - 1976

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Afrasiyab Badal bey oghlu Badalbeyli (Azerbaijani: Əfrasiyab Bədəl bəy oğlu Bədəlbəyli) (19 April 1907, in Baku – 6 January 1976, in Baku) was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, with noble Iranian origins (he was the descendant of Bahman Mirza and Abbas Mirza), conductor and music critic, author of the music and libretto of Giz Galasi (The Maiden Tower), the first Azerbaijani ballet and the first ballet in the Middle East. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Afrasiyab Badalbeyli is the 1,291st most popular composer (down from 1,243rd in 2019). (down from 4,173rd in 2019)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli ranks 1,291 out of 1,451Before him are Hiroyuki Sawano, Lowell Mason, Thomas Tomkins, Shivkumar Sharma, Paul Williams, and Necil Kazım Akses. After him are Shirley Walker, Pascal Dusapin, Samuel Arnold, Peter Schickele, Hamilton Harty, and Paul Creston.

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Among people born in 1907, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli ranks 340Before him are Walter Reuther, Romeo Rivers, Ernesto Albarracín, John Cody, Gumercindo Gómez, and Grahame Clark. After him are Eduardo Reyes Ortiz, Arturo Rodríguez, Amir Sjarifuddin, Bob Tisdall, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, and Barbara Kent. Among people deceased in 1976, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli ranks 244Before him are Wilhelmina von Bremen, Rupert Davies, Toni Ulmen, Martín Luis Guzmán, Clarice Benini, and Francisco Pagazaurtundúa. After him are Antoni Słonimski, James Wong Howe, Jimmy Garrison, Zofia Stryjeńska, John A. Costello, and Franciszek Szymczyk.

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