"Arazbary" ( az, Arazbarı) is one of the rhythmic Azerbaijani mughams belonging to the Zerbi mughams. The poetic text consists of folk
bayats. At the end of each stanza, the words "ay zalym" ("Oh, villain!") are repeated. Arazbary, like the
ashik melodies, is included in then creative heritage of ashik masters.
Further, they were used, along with other elements of
Azerbaijani folk music, in musical works of the classical European tradition. In particular, the composer
Uzeyir Hajibeyov created a symphonic version of arazbary and used it (along with eirats, segah and other forms of mugham) in the first Azerbaijani opera "
Leyli and Majnun
''Layla & Majnun'' ( ar, مجنون ليلى ; Layla's Mad Lover) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya).
"The Layla ...
", written in 1908 by the Azerbaijani poet
Fuzuli based on the poem of the same name.
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