Zulfugar Hajibeyov


Zulfugar bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani composer and a member of a family noted for its musical talents. He was one of the founders of the Azerbaijan Music Comedy Theater.

Biography

Hajibeyov was born in Shusha on 17 April 1884.
Hajibeyov's brother Uzeyir Hajibeyov is considered the "Father of Classical Music" in Azerbaijan. Their brother Jeyhun was a publicist, journalist, and ethnographer, and helped Uzeyir compose the opera Layla and Majnun.
His son, Niyazi Hajibeyov, was also a composer, and directed the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra for 40 years.
Hajibeyov died on 30 September 1950. He is buried in the Alley of Honor in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hajibeyov's house in Shusha is classified as a historical monument "bearing state importance" by Azerbaijan.

Works

Musical comedies

TitleTranslated titleYear of release
Əlli yaşında cavanYoung at Fifty Years Old1909
On bir yaşlı arvadEleven-Year-Old Woman1911
Evli ikən subaySingle while Married1911

Opera

Ashiq Qarib, after the anonymous Azerbaijani romantic dastan of the same name, 1915.

Film

With his son Niyazi, Hajibeyov wrote the music for one of the first films of Azerbaijan, Almaz, released in 1936.