Symphony music of Azerbaijan
In the 1950 the symphony music was marked for a particular rise, urgent socio-political issues of that time which reflected in different ...
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In the 1950
the symphony music was marked for a particular rise, urgent socio-political
issues of that time which reflected in different symphony creations of
composers. F. Amirov entered the history as the initiator of a unique genre of
symphonic music. The composer created the theme, momentum and other stylistic
peculiarities of music from the symphonic point of view.
Brightness
of the play of orchestra genre diversity and complexity of characters, peculiar
of Amirov’s symphonic creations were reflected in many works of that time.
The
symphonic of Dj Hadjibeyov was marked by the depth of psychological ideas of
its characters, the
sharp dramatic creation of music and the classical nature
of its melodic. A number of symphonic compositions of S. Hadjibeyov as his
second symphony in 1946 were fully covered by the theme of the Great Patriotic
War, while the music of his other conception was decorated with vivid colours
of the genre.
Dj
Djahangirov originally makes vocal symphonic compositions the poem on the other
side of Aras, the state award of the USSR in 1950 and the cantata Fuzuli. The
vocal symphonic poem on the other side of Aras was a new genre that combined both
symphonic and cantata oratorical features of music. The beginning of the songs
genre was closely jointed with the creative activity of S. Rustamov, T.
Guliyev, R. Hadjiyev, Dj Djahangirov, G. Huseynli, A. Rzayeva. During that
period a number of songs were written by films and drama plays and arts of performance
was widely spread. The first stage moving quartets are A. Aliyev, M. Taghiyev,
R. Seyidzade and S. Aliyev and they became the winners of international contest
in 1957. The new generation of singers which include the popular singer of the
USSR F. Ahmedova, Ballerina L. Vokilova that is honoured with the worker of
fine arts Dj Hadjibeyov (conductor), and so on. The first session of the Union
of Composers of Azerbaijan began from 1990 and was called the Union of
Composers and Musicians of Azerbaijan that took place in 1956.
The
1960s and 1980s were marked for the creative activity of elder generation of
composers, the emergence of new composers and significant progress in all genre
and expansion of international contacts. Composers of Azerbaijan commonly
addressed to opera and ballet in their creative activity. Ballets the legend of
one love in 1961 by A. Melikov, Epos about the Nasimi in 1973 for the state award of the Azerbaijan SSR in
1974 and one thousand and one night by Fikret Amirov in 1979 for the state
award of the USSR in 1980 were the famous worldwide.
Symphonic
and chamber of music of Azeri composer began to circulate in the country’s
music abroad. Symphonic Mugams by F. Amirov Shur and kurd ovshani and by Nizami
Rast as well as symphonic compositions by G. Garayev and U. Hadjibeyov were
introduced in different countries and received high appreciation. Compositions
by A. Melikov, Kh. Mirzazade, A. Alizade, F. Alizade, F.Garayev, Dj Guliyev etc.
gained success in Europe, America and Asia. Singers from Azerbaijan mainly go
on tour to foreign countries. The popular singers like R. Bahbutov, Niyazi, Z.
Khanlarova, M. Magomayev etc. were famous. Singers like F. Gasymova in 1977 won
awards in ltaly, the first place, Kh Gasymova in 1981, Athens, the first plac, and
the second prize of the eighth international competition after P.I. Chaikovcky
in Moscow in 1982, pianist F. Bedelbeyli in 1967, Gradets Kralove, CSSR in
1968, Lisbon, Portugal for the first place, young pianists M. Guseynov m.
Adygozelzade etc. were the winners of different competitions.
