Music of Azerbaijan
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Music of Azerbaijan includes various styles that reflect influences from the music of the Iran,Caucasus and Central Asia. Azerbaijani music is also similar to Iranian music and Turkish . [1]
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[edit] Mugam
The classical music of Azerbaijan is called mugam (more accurately spelled muğam), and is usually a suite with poetry and instrumental interludes. The sung poetry sometimes includes tahrir segments, which use a form of throat singing similar to yodelling. The poetry is typically about divine love and is most often linked to Sufi Islam.
In contrast to the mugam traditions of Central Asian countries, Azeri mugam is more free-form and less rigid; it is often compared to the improvised field of jazz.[2]
UNESCO proclaimed the Azerbaijani mugam tradition a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on November 7, 2003.
[edit] Musical instruments
Instruments used in traditional Azeri music include the stringed instruments tar (skin faced lute), the kamancha (skin faced spike fiddle), the oud, originally barbat, and the saz (long necked lute); the double-reed wind instrument balaban, the frame drum ghaval, the cylindrical double faced drum naghara (davul), and the goshe nagara (naqareh) (pair of small kettle drums). Other instruments include the garmon (small accordion), tutek (whistle flute), daf (frame drum) and nagara (drum) (barrel drum).
[edit] Ashiqs
Ashiqs are traveling bards who sing and play the saz, a form of lute. Their songs are semi-improvised around a common base.
[edit] Azeri Musicians
The most famous contemporary Azeri musicians are perhaps jazz singer Aziza Mustafa Zadeh and her father, Vagif Mustafa Zadeh, who are quite popular internationally in jazz circles.
Mugam singers:
- Jabbar Garyagdyoglu
- Kechachi oghlu Mahammad
- Seyid Shushinski
- Khan Shushinski
- Hajibaba Huseynov
- Agakhan Abdullayev
- Arif Babayev
- Rubaba Muradova
- Mansum Ibrahimov
- Alim Qasimov
- Zahid Guliyev
- Sakina Ismayilova
Popular music singers
- Bulbul (Murtuza Mammadov)
- Rashid Behbudov
- Muslim Magomayev
- Lutfiyar Imanov
- Brilliant Dadashova
- Adalat Shukurov
- Sevda Alekperzadeh
Classic music singers
All time classics
Composers:
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov
- Gara Garayev
- Fikret Amirov
- Ali Salimi
- Tofig Guliyev
- Soltan Hajibeyov
- Jahangir Jahangirov
- Rauf Hajiyev
- Emin Sabitoghlu
- Said Rustamov
- Arif Malikov
- Frangiz Alizadeh
- Eldar Mansurov
- Javanshir Guliyev
International Azerbaijani musicians and bands
Kamancheh players
- Habil Aliyev
- Fakhraddin Dadashov
- Shafiga Eyvazova
- Arif Asadullayev
- Ismayil Hamidov
- Imamyar Hasanov
- Munis Sharifov
- Mirnazim Asadullayev
- Elshan Mansurov
- Gilman Salakhov
- Talat Bakikhanov
- Elman Badalov
Tar players
- Mirjavad Safarov
- Ramiz Guliyev
- Firuz Aliyev
- Mahmud Aliyev
- Bahram Mansurov
- Malik Mansurov
- Muhlid Muslumov
- Ahsan Dadashov
- Haji Mammadov
Balaban players
Saz players
[edit] References
- Broughton, Simon and Sultanova, Razia. "Bards of the Golden Road". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 24-31. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
- Almaty or Bust
[edit] Notes
- ^ Almaty or Bust, Sultanova and Broughton, pg. 25
- ^ EurasiaNet Civil Society - The Baku Jazz Festival: Reviving a Tradition in Azerbaijan
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