Emin Sabitoglu (, real name Emin Sabit oghlu Mahmudov (); 2 November 1937 – 18 November 2000) was a

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, author of a lot of well-known Azerbaijani

song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

s and

music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

for films. People's Artist of Azerbaijan.

Biography

Emin Sabitoglu was born on 2 November 1937, in the family of Azerbaijani writer Sabit Rahman. After graduation from musical school in

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, he entered

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’s class at Baku Conservatoire, in 1954. Two years later he was transferred to

Moscow State Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory () is a higher musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. Th ...

named after

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(

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’s class). In 1961, he began to work as a music editor in the film studio “

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". In consecutive years he worked as the art director of the State Philarmony, and also taught at

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named after

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 188523 November 1948) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the Az� ...

. He wrote poems for several pieces of music. However, several music genres have been the major part in his works. He composed more than 600 songs, 9 musical comedies and pieces of music for nearly 40 films. He has numerous compositions written for plays. The composer himself does not know exactly. Along with theatres in Baku, he composed music for theatres in Sumgayit, Ganja, Lankaran, Mingachevir, and Nakchivan. Emin Sabitoğlu Emin Sabitoglu died on 18 November 2000 in Baku.

Creativity

Emin Sabitoglu is the author of a lot of works in different

music genre A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. Genre is to be distinguished from musical form and musical style, although in practice these terms are sometim ...

s. Particularly, he is the author of one

symphony A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning c ...

, three

symphonic poem A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or other (non-musical) source. The German term ( ...

s, three

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian language, Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal music, vocal Musical composition, composition with an musical instrument, instrumental accompaniment, ty ...

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

and a poem for

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

and

fortepiano A fortepiano is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1700 up to the early 19th century. Most typically, however, it is used to ref ...

. But some music genres make up the main part of his creativity. He is the author of more than 600 songs, nine

musical comedies Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

, author of songs for many films. Besides that, Emin Sabitoglu created a large number of musical compositions for theatrical spectacles.

Movie career

Otel otagi (1998) Otel otagi 8.0 Composer (as Emin Sabitoglu) 1998 Tähminä (1993) Tähminä 8.6 Composer 1993 Sem dney posle ubiystva (1991) Sem dney posle ubiystva 6.4 Composer 1991 Villain (1987) (1988) Villain (1987) 7.3 Composer 1988 Özgä ömür (1987) Özgä ömür 7.9 Composer 1987 Firangiz Mutallimova, Yashar Nuri, and Hasanagha Turabov in Bäyin ogurlanmasi (1985) Bäyin ogurlanmasi 8.4 Composer 1985 Hasanagha Turabov in Atlari yaharlayin (1984) Atlari yaharlayin 8.5 Composer 1984 Evlari kondalan yar (1982) Evlari kondalan yar 7.8 TV Movie composer 1982 Pered zakrytoy dveryu (1982) Pered zakrytoy dveryu 7.5 Composer 1982 Onun balali sevgisi (1980) Onun balali sevgisi 7.6 Composer 1980 Prostite nas (1979) Prostite nas 7.9 Composer 1979 Istintaq (1979) Istintaq 7.8 Composer 1979 Hasanagha Turabov in Yubiley dante (1978) Yubiley dante 6.8 Composer 1978 Oasis in the Fire (1978) Oasis in the Fire 5.4 Composer 1978 Bayqus gäländä (1978) Bayqus gäländä 7.4 Composer 1978 Den rozhdeniya (1978) Den rozhdeniya 8.3 TV Movie Composer (as Emin Sabitoglu) 1978 Dädä Qorqud (1975) Dädä Qorqud 8.1 Composer 1975 Dörd bazar günü (1974) Dörd bazar günü Composer 1974 Hijran 8.4 TV Movie Composer 1973 The Day Passed (1971) The Day Passed 8.6 Composer (as Emin Sabitoglu) 1971 Who We Love More (1965) Who We Love More Composer (segment Dag Mesäsindän Kecärkän) 1965

Family

* Emin Sabitoglu is writer Sabit Rahman's and Ismat khanum Iravanski's son. Ismat Khanum Iravanski was from House of Iravanski. * Musician,

Jeyran Mahmudova Jeyran Emin gizi Mahmudova (Azerbaijani: Ceyran Emin qızı Mahmudova; born July 19, 1964) is an Azerbaijani scientist. She has been the rector of Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts since July 30, 2018. References ...

is his daughter. * His wife is singer, Khadija Abbasova

References

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