Music of Azerbaijan
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Music of Azerbaijan includes various arrays of styles that reflects influences from the musics of the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Iran. Azerbaijan also has a lot in common with Armenian and Persian music. [1]
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[edit] Mugam
Main article: 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. [1]
UNESCO proclaimed the Azerbaijani mugam tradition a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on November 7, 2003.
[edit] Musical Instruments
The stringed instruments tar (skin faced lute), the kamancha (skin faced spike fiddle), the oud, originally barbat, and the saz (long necked lute); the reeded 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), garmon (accordion), daf and dhol (drum).
[edit] Ashiqs
Main article: Ashiq
Ashiqs are travelling 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:
- Agakhan Abdullayev
- Arif Babayev
- Mansoum Ibragimov
- Alim Qasimov
- Jabbar Karyagdioglu Ensemble
- Zahid Guliyev
- Sakine Ismaïlova
Popular music singers
- Rashid Behbudov
- Muslim Magomayev
- Lutfiyar Imanov
- Brilliant Dadashova
- Adalat Shukurov
- Sevda Alekperzadeh
Composers:
Kamanche players
- Habil Aliev
- Fakhraddin Dadashov
- Shafiga Eyvazova
- Arif Asadullayev
- Ismael Hamidov
- Imamyar Hasanov
- Munis Sharifov
- Mirnazim Asadullayev
- Elshan Mansurov
Tar players
- Mirjavad Safarov
- Ramiz Guliyev
- Firuz Aliyev
- Mahmoud Aliyev
- Bahram Mansurov
- Malik Mansurov
- Mohled Muslumov
Balaban(Duduk) players
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[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
