Kara Karayev
Composer
1918 – 1982
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Who was Kara Karayev?
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev, also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara [Abulfazovich] Karayev, was a prominent Azerbaijani composer of the Soviet period. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in Azerbaijan SSR but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.
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- Born
- Feb 5, 1918
Baku - Also known as
- Gara Garayev
- Karayev, Kara
- Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev
- Kara [Abulfazovich] Karayev
- Kara Abulfazovich Karayev
- Qara Qarayev
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Azerbaijan
- Profession
- Education
- Baku Academy of Music
- Lived in
- Baku
- Died
- May 13, 1982
Moscow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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