Mashadi Jamil Amirov
Mashadi Jamil Amirov USSR | |
|---|---|
| Genres | mugham |
| Occupation(s) | composer |
| Instrument(s) | tar |
Mashadi Jamil Amirov (Azerbaijani: Məşədi Cəmil Əmirov, 1875 — 1928) was an Azerbaijani musician, tar-player, composer.
Biography
Mashadi Jamil Amirov was born in Shusha in 1875. he received his first education at madrasa. When Mashad Jalil was 12 his father Karbalayi Amiraslan died, then he started selling peas in the Shusha's square and therefore stopped his education. After some time, Mashadi Jamil is known as a tailor in Shusha.[1]
In 1911 he went to
In 1923, Mashadi Jamil finally got permission to open a music school in Ganja and in the first year 39 students were admitted to the school. Mashadi Jamil's son Fikret Amirov, Ganbar Huseynli, Telman Hajiyev and many others are graduates of this school. In addition, he had taught tar at the school and also led the orchestra of folk instruments. Later, the school grew and became a musical college in 1928–1929 school year.[5]
Mashadi Jamil Amirov died in Ganja in 1928 and was buried in this city.
Creativity
M.J.Amirov's first tar teacher was a tar-player named Armenak. Like many artists of the era, Mashadi Jamil learns the secrets of classical Azerbaijani
.In 1910, Jamil Amirov was invited to a "Gramophone" company in Riga with a group of musicians. Here he recorded a number of mugham and folk songs to gramophone record.[7]
Mashadi Jamil has played an important role in the development of theatrical art by working comprehensively in many fields of
He was one of the first musicians that converted Azerbaijani mugham into the note system. He had converted Heyrati mugham in to the notes in 1912 and published in "Shahbal" magazine. Mashadi Jamil, who returned to Ganja in 1913, brings with him both the qanun and the oud. After a long career in 1915, Mashadi Jamil wrote the opera "Seyfal-Mulk" and invited many artists to perform in Ganja.[9] To play the role of "young Seadet lady" from the characters of the opera, a girl with a soft voice was needed, but no performer was found. Finally, Bulbul agreed to play this role. Opera is invited to Tbilisi after playing twice in Ganja and staged at the Kozyanin Theater in Tbilisi on June 3, 1916. The director of the opera was Sidgi Ruhulla. After the Tbilisi tour, the opera was staged in Yerevan.[10]
Mashadi Jamil Amirov wrote the operetta "The Honest Girl" in 1923 and this work was successfully performed in Ganja. In 1924, the opera "The Honest Girl" was published in separate book and sent to many parts of
References
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 180
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 182
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 184
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 185
- ^ "Амиров Мешади Джамиль Амираслан оглы". mugam.musigi-dunya.az (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 181
- ^ "Məşədi Cəmil - Cəmil Kərbəlayi Əmiraslan oğlu Əmirov". mugamradio.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 183
- ^ "Musiqimizin parlaq adlarından biri - Məşədi Cəmil". anl.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 184
- ^ Шушински 1985, p. 186
Literature
- Шушински, Ф. (1985). Азәрбайҹан халг мусигичиләри. Baku: Јазычы. p. 480.
See also
- Fikrat Amirov
- Azerbaijani music