BULBUL-MURTUZA MAMMADOV

Suleymanova Afina

‘’IEIC XXI century’’ school

9 A class

BulbuL was a famous Azerbaijani and Soviet opera tenor, folk music

performer and one of the founders of

vocal arts and national musical

theatre in Azerbaijan.

He was known for his musical talent since

his childhood, which is why people nicknamed

him Bulbul ("nightingale" in Azeri

). He chose it as a stage name, when he became involved in professional music.

Bulbul was also known for his music-related

publications and teaching vocal arts at his alma mater,

the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire between 1932 and

1961.

WHO IS BULBUL?

EARLY LIFE

Bulbul was born in 1897 in the village of Khanbagi, located near

Shusha.

While still a young khananda, he was invited to Baku in 1920 to act out the role of Karam in

Uzeyir Hajibeyov's opera Asli and Karam. There he was first

introduced to a European-style opera and decided to excel in this

genre.

He later studied music and vocal arts in the Azerbaijan State

Conservatoire (now known as the Baku Academy of Music), where he was admitted in 1921, as well

as in the La Scala Theatre in Milan, Italy.

BULBUL’S ROLE IN AZERI MUSIC HISTORY

As a wonderful singer,in his songs, Bulbul was able to

blend national manners of

performance with traditions of Italian vocal

school.

He was also first to play the lead role of Koroglu in Uzeyir Hajibeyov's opera of the same name in 1938.

Throughout his life, Bulbul was the vocal performer and the co-author of a number of songs and romances.

He acquired a Ph.D. degree in music in 1940.

His monographs nowadays serve as an important

source for those studying Azeri music.

Bulbul was the first musician to publish study guides and manuals used in

teaching students how to play the ta kamancheh and

balaban, the traditional musical

instruments of Azerbaijan.

Bulbul’s active years are often mentioned as 1916-1961.

COMMEMORATION

Bulbul died on 26 September 1961(1961-09-26) (aged 64)

Baku, Azerbaijan.He was buried at the Alley of the

Honor.

The Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan purchased the bronze busts of Bulbul and several other

famous Karabakh Azeris that had once been erected in

Shusha, on the black market in Georgia. Following the Armenian occupation of Shusha in 1992, these

monuments were machine-gunned, removed from their

original place and intended to be sold as scrap metal.

Nowadays these monuments are preserved in the courtyard of the Azerbaijani Museum of

Arts in Baku.

In 2008 the Central Bank of Azerbaijan minted a 100-manat gold

commemorative coin dedicated to Bulbul.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!!

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