Home / Tag Archives: Leyli and Majnun

Tag Archives: Leyli and Majnun

Uzeyir Hajibayov: a musical pioneer

Uzeyir Hacibeyov

“Every nation wants its composers to write in a language that is close to them, in their native musical language, although this is very difficult.” These are the words of Uzeyir Hajibayov, the founder of Azerbaijani written music and author of the first opera in the East. Hajibayov was close …

Read More »