Soltan Ismayil oghlu Hajibeyov (5 May 1919 – 19 September 1974) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer. He was awarded the

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...

on 26 July 1973.Bəstəkar S.İ.Hacıbəyova SSRİ xalq artisti fəxri adı verilməsi haqqında SSRİ Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 26 iyul 1973-cü il tarixli Fərmanı
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Soltan Hajibeyov was born 5 May 1919 in

Shusha Shusha (, ) or Shushi () is a city in Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Situated at an altitude of 1,400–1,800 metres (4,600–5,900 ft) in the Karabakh mountains, the city was a mountain resort in the Soviet Union, Soviet ...

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. He was Uzeyir Hajibeyov's cousin. Hajibeyov was a composer who contributed greatly to the formation of the national symphonic music of Azerbaijan. He authored a ballet "Gulshen" (1950), a musical comedy "Red rose" (1940), two symphonies (1944, 1946), "Karavan" (1945), a children's opera "Iskander and a shepherd" (1947)Hadzhibekov, Sultan Ismail Ogly
Big Soviet Encyclopedia, third edition. Accessed January 10, 2010. and an overture named Bayram. Hajibeyov was the Rector of Azerbaijan State Conservatory (now Baku Academy of Music) from 1969 to 1974. He received the Stalin Prize of second degree in 1952 for his ballet "Gulshen" and was awarded the title of

in 1973. Hajibeyov died on 19 September 1974, in

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

, Azerbaijan SSR,

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*Aida Tagizade
''Sultan Gadzhibekov : zhiznʹ i tvorchestvo''
(Sultan Gadzhibekov: life and creative work) , Baku, 1985 *El'mira Abasova
''Sultan Gadzhibekov''
, Azerbaijan State Publishing, Baku, 1965 1919 births 1974 deaths Musicians from Shusha 20th-century Azerbaijani composers People's Artistes of the Azerbaijan SSR People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Soviet composers Soviet male composers Soviet Azerbaijani people Baku Academy of Music alumni 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century male composers Honored Art Workers of the Azerbaijan SSR {{Azerbaijan-bio-stub

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