Velimuhammet Muhadov or Welimuhammet Muhadow (Turkmen Cyrillic: Велимухаммет Мухадов; ; – 6 January 2005), also known as Veli Muhadov or Weli Muhadow (Turkmen Cyrillic: Вели Мухадов; ), was a
Turkmen
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composer.
He composed numerous works, including several film scores, the regional
anthem of the Turkmen SSR (which was used in the 1990s as the Turkmen national anthem), and the current
national anthem of Turkmenistan
The State Anthem of Turkmenistan was adopted as the national anthem of Turkmenistan in 1996, replacing the Anthem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. After the death of Saparmurat Nyýazow in 2006, the lyrics were modified in 2008 by remo ...
. He was awarded the title of
People's Artist of the USSR
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in 1965, the
Stalin Prize in 1951 and 1952, and the
Order of Lenin
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twice. He was also twice a member of the
Supreme Soviet
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.
Biography
Muhadow studied music from 1929 to 1933 at a boarding school in
Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen language, Turkmen: ''Aşgabat'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Kopet Dag, Kopetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 ...
. Beginning in 1936 he began studies in the Turkmen Department of the
Moscow 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 ...
.
His most prominent works include the opera "End of the Bloody Watershed", the symphonic poem "My Homeland", the symphony "In Memory of Magtymguly", and his 1944 composition of the national anthem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.
Muhadow's studies were interrupted in 1941 by the outbreak of World War II in the Soviet Union. Muhadow returned to Ashgabat and joined the Red Army, assigned to the 99th Rifle Division, which saw combat in the Don River basin. He was demobilized in 1943 and returned to Ashgabat to the position of choir director of the Opera and Ballet Theater. This period was marked by composition of a series of patriotic songs. After the war, Muhadow collaborated with Russian composer
Adrian Shaposhnikov
Adrian Grigoryevich Shaposhnikov, (; 1888 – 1967) was both a Soviet classical music composer and a People's Artist of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic. His style is similar to Alexander Gretchaninov's. His only familiar work is his Sona ...
to compose the comic opera "Kemine and Kazy". In 1946 he returned to the Moscow Conservatory to resume study of composition, and during this period wrote "Cantata on the Communist Party" and "Turkmen Suite". This last work earned him the USSR State Prize in 1951. Muhadow's dissertation composition was the symphonic poem "My Homeland".
Over Muhadow's career, he composed over 200 songs, including "Parahatlyk uçin" ("For Peace"), "Nebitçiniň aýdymy" ("Song of the Oilworker"), "Garagumyň gülleri bar" ("Karakum Blooms"), and "Lenin hakynda aýdym" ("Song About Lenin").
Beginning in 1951 he served as a member of the board of directors of the USSR Composers Union, and additional periodically served as a member of the committees for award of the Lenin Prize and USSR State Prize, deputy chair of the Turkmen SSR State Prize committee, and board member of the USSR-Indonesia Society. He was a deputy of the fourth and fifth sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Awards
* For Valorous Labor (1946)
* For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1946)
* Badge of Honor (1950)
* State Prize of the USSR (1951, 1952)
* Order of Lenin (1955)
* People's Artist of the USSR (1965)
* Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1967)
* Magtymguly State Prize of the Turkmen SSR (1972)
* Order of Friendship of Peoples (1976)
References
1916 births
2005 deaths
20th-century classical composers
20th-century male composers
People from Transcaspian Oblast
Moscow Conservatory alumni
Fourth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
Fifth convocation members of the Soviet of Nationalities
Heroes of Socialist Labour
People's Artists of the USSR
Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Stalin Prize
Ballet composers
Male opera composers
National anthem writers
Soviet film score composers
Soviet male classical composers
Soviet music educators
Soviet opera composers
Turkmenistan classical composers
Turkmenistan opera composers
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