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Uzeyir Hajibeyov

1885 - 1948

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Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 1885 – 23 November 1948) was an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the national anthem of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (which was re-adopted after Azerbaijan regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991). Hajibeyov also composed the anthem used by Azerbaijan during the Soviet period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Uzeyir Hajibeyov is the 279th most popular composer (down from 278th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Azerbaijani Composer.

Uzeyir hajibeyov is most famous for composing the opera "Leyli and Majnun."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 279 out of 1,451Before him are Friedrich Kuhlau, Steve Reich, Miklós Rózsa, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Henryk Górecki, and Anton Reicha. After him are György Kurtág, Hanns Eisler, Franz Xaver Gruber, Eduard Hanslick, Anton Arensky, and Valentyn Sylvestrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 45Before him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Erich von Stroheim, Tamara Karsavina, Giacomo Matteotti, Luigi Russolo, and Otto Klemperer. After him are Jules Pascin, G. W. Pabst, Romano Guardini, Will Durant, Velimir Khlebnikov, and Christian Wirth. Among people deceased in 1948, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 39Before him are Kurt Schwitters, Georges Bernanos, Lizzie Magie, Iwane Matsui, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Pompeu Fabra. After him are Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, Emil Ludwig, Feng Yuxiang, Yoshiko Kawashima, Kōki Hirota, and Hans Aumeier.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 17 out of 232Before him are Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), and Artur Rasizade (1935). After him are Pavel Florensky (1882), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Ali Asadov (1956), Muslim Magomayev (1942), and Mehriban Aliyeva (1964).

Among COMPOSERS In Azerbaijan

Among composers born in Azerbaijan, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 1After him are Fikret Amirov (1922), Gara Garayev (1918), Avet Terterian (1929), Arif Malikov (1933), Tofig Guliyev (1917), Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947), Elza Ibrahimova (1938), and Rauf Hajiyev (1922).