Gasim Abdullayev or Zabul Gasim ( az, Qasım Abdullayev (Zabul Qasım), 18731927) was an Azerbaijani

khananda A khananda ( az, xanəndə ; fa, خواننده; alternative spellings in English: khanende, khanande, khanandeh) is a name generally given to singers of mugham, an Azeri folk music genre. The word is of Persian origin and means "singer". ...

Biography

Gasim Abdullayev was born in 1873 in

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. In the last years of his life, he taught mugham at the Shusha Music School and served as chairman of the Republican Trade Union Council of Art Workers. Zabul Gasim died in 1927 in

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Creativity

Gasim Abdullayev was also known as "Zabul Gasim" for his well-known performance of "Zabul" mugham. At that time, "

Sigah Segah (or Sigah; Persian: سه‌گاه) is the name of a Dastgah (musical mode) in Persian and related systems of music. ''Segah'' (From Persian ''se-gāh'', سه + گاه = سه‌گاه "third place") is named because the maqam starts on th ...

" mugham was more popular in the assemblies of the Azerbaijani people. However, in the late 19th century, singers were more inclined toward "Zabul-segah". The main reason for this popularity was that,

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had added a "Zabul" veil to the

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. At the beginning of the 20th century, Zabul Gasim had performed in Baku for several times. Zabul Gasim performed for the first time in front of the Baku audience at the "Oriental Concert" held on January 27, 1903, in the theater building of H.Z.Taghiyev with

Jabbar Garyaghdioglu Jabbar Garyagdioglu or Garyaghdyoglu ( az, Cabbar Qaryağdıoğlu pronounced ) (31 March 1861 – 20 April 1944) was an Azerbaijani folk singer (khananda). He is known as the first khananda to perform mughamats in the Azeri language. He mostly sa ...

Shakili Alasgar Alasgar Abdullayev or Shakili Alasgar ( az, Ələsgər Abdullayev; 1866 — 1 April 1929) was an Azerbaijani khananda. Biography Shakili Alasgar was born in Nukha (present-day Shaki) in 1866. He worked with a bricklayer in his childhood. Alasgar ...

and

Seyid Mirbabayev Seyid Mirbababev ( az, Seyid Mirtağı oğlu Mirbabayev) was an Azerbaijani singer, khanende, and oil industrialist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The prototype of Seyid Mirbabayev was created by the composer Jahangir Jahangirov in h ...

. Zabul Gasim was not only a professional singer, he was also known as an opera artist.

Zulfugar Hajibeyov Zulfugar Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov ( az, Zülfüqar bəy Əbdülhüseyn bəy oğlu Hacıbəyov, 17 April 1884 – 30 September 1950) was an Azerbaijani composer and a member of a family noted for its musical talents. He was one of ...

, an Azerbaijani composer, invited him to the stage for the first time and highly appreciated his art. With the request of the composer, he played the role of Majnun's father in the opera " Leyli and Majnun", which was performed at the Shusha summer club on August 7, 1913. In 1914, "Sport-Record" Company invited Gasim Abdullayev to

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

and recorded his voice. Zabul Qasim sang "Zabul-segah", " Bayaty-Shiraz", "

Humayun Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad ( fa, ) (; 6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), better known by his regnal name, Humāyūn; (), was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Norther ...

", " Shur", "Mahur-Hindi" and several other classifications.

References

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