Kechachioghlu Muhammed (, 18 June 1864 — 20 November 1940) was an Azerbaijani

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

Biography

Kechachioghlu was born in 1864 in

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. He played a special role in the development of the musical culture of Azerbaijan. He learned the art of singing in the school of Kharrat Gulu in Shusha and from the famous singer Mashadi Isi. Creative trips were widely used in his work. In addition to singing, he was engaged in pedagogical activities. In 1926 he was invited by

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to the Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall and trained young singers. The khananda died on 20 November 1940, in

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Creativity

His repertoire featured classical mugams, tasnif and

folk songs Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has be ...

. His and Jabbar Garyaghdioglu's reading of Fuzuli's scenes from the poem "Leyli and Majnun" in the form of a duet was especially famous. A number of mugham, tasnif and folk songs performed by him were recorded on the gramophone record by the "Sport-Record" (

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, 1912) and "Ekstrafon" (

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, 1914).

References

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