The Hajibeyli Baku Academy of Music (

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: ''Hacıbəyli adına Bakı Musiqi Akademiyası'') is a

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. It was established in 1920 in Baku and was previously known as the Hajibeyli Azerbaijan State Conservatoire.

History

In 1920, Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli began a movement aimed at propagating classical music among the people. His report presented at the Azerbaijani People's Commissariat of Education (early Soviet analogue of a Ministry of

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) offering the establishment of a high-level music education institution resulted in the approval of his proposal. Thus, the Azerbaijan State Conservatoire was founded on 25 May 1920. Hajibeyli became one of its first instructors. In the 1920s, he established the Oriental Department, where Azeri folk music was taught both traditionally (orally) and by European methods, i.e., using

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s. Along with composer Muslim Magomayev, he developed the textbook ''Azeri Folk Songs,'' published in 1927. In 1939, Hajibeyli was made head of the Conservatoire.Baku Academy of Music: History (1939–1956)
''Musakademiya.musigi-dunya.az''. Retrieved 30 December 2006 In 1930, the Saint Thaddeus and Bartholomew Armenian Cathedral of Baku was demolished as part of the early Soviet atheist policy to make way for the construction of the new academy building. During

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, the conservatoire executives organized hundreds of concerts for military units and soldiers who recovered in hospitals. It was enhanced with the Bulbul Specialized Secondary Music School in 1931, the Music Studio School in 1980, and the Mammadova Opera Studio in 1984.Baku Academy of Music: Divisions
. ''Musakademiya.musigi-dunya.az''. Retrieved 30 December 2006 In 1991, it was renamed Hajibeyli Baku Academy of Music.

Academics

There are three faculties and 18 departments. The academy offers graduating students

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, kandidat's, and

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s. There are two research laboratories — the Restoration and Improvement of Ancient Musical Instruments Laboratory, established in 1991 and the Investigation of Professional Oral Music Traditions Laboratory, established in 1992.

Notable staff and alumni

* Gara Garayev * Fikrat Amirov * Soltan Hajibeyov * Jovdat Hajiyev * Arif Melikov * Khayyam Mirzazadeh * Sona Aslanova *

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* Tofig Guliyev *Ismayil Hajibeyov * Vagif Mustafazade * Muslim Magomayev *

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* Kovkab Safaraliyeva * Vladimir Shainsky * Asaf Zeynalli * Dilara Kazimova * Javid Samadov * Yusif Akhundzade * Fidan Aghayeva-Edler * Emin Sabitoglu * Aliya Teregulova * Tatiana Sheinin * Aida Huseynova * Leman Atakishiyeva

References

External links

Baku Musical Academy website
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