Yaya Şerfedinov
Honorary diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR (1974) Yaya Sherfedinov (Yaya Şerfedinov; 16 March 1894 — 29 January 1975) was a Soviet-Crimean Tatar composer, musician, and poet. Born to a poor family in Feodosia, he began playing the violin at a young age. He was a graduate of the prestigious Moscow Conservatory.
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Yaya Şerfedinov
- Name
- Yaya Sherfedinov
- Born
- 16 March 1894
- Birthplace
- Feodosia, Russian Empire
- Died
- 29 January 1975
- Place of death
- Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
- Awards
- Honored Worker of Arts of the Crimean ASSR (1940) Honored Worker of Arts of the Uzbek SSR (1971)
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- composer · musician · poet
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory
- Honours
- Merited Art Worker of the Crimean ASSR · Merited Art Worker of the Uzbek SSR
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Honorary diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR (1974) Yaya Sherfedinov (Yaya Şerfedinov; 16 March 1894 — 29 January 1975) was a Soviet-Crimean Tatar composer, musician, and poet. Born to a poor family in Feodosia, he began playing the violin at a young age. He was a graduate of the prestigious Moscow Conservatory.
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Before exile from Crimea, he worked in Crimea for the Crimean Radio Committee, the Crimean Tatar State Drama Theater, and the State Song and Dance Ensemble of the Crimean Tatars. When he was not composing new music, he wrote down compilations of many Crimean Tatar folksongs. In exile in Uzbekistan, he continued his musical work, and expanded to writing music for an Uzbek play, working with Uzbek composer Toʻxtasin Jalilov; however, most of his work centered around Crimean Tatar folksongs. His works spanned many themes.
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• Name — Yaya Sherfedinov • Native Name — Yaya Şerfedinov • Born — 16 March 1894 • Birthplace — Feodosia, Russian Empire • Died — 29 January 1975 • Place of death — Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR • Awards — Honored Worker of Arts of the Crimean ASSR (1940) Honored Worker of Arts of the Uzbek SSR (1971)
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- 1.Union of Composers of the USSR. Справочник. 173. 1960.
- 2.Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР О присвоении почетного звания «Заслуженный деятель искусств Узбекской ССР» Шерфединову Я. Ш. Pravda Vostoka. 125. 2. 3 June 1971.
- 3.В Президиуме Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР. Pravda Vostoka. 126. 2. 31 May 1974.
- 4.Khalitova, Merzie. Творчество Ягъи Шерфединова в музыкально-культурной традиции крымских татар. Avdet. 18 March 2024.
- 5.Zudov, Z. Музикага бағишланган умур. Sovet Oʻzbekiston. 4. 31 May 1974.
- 6.Krymuchpedgiz. Очерки истории и культуры крымских татар. 159-160. 2005.
- 7.Яя Шерфединов. Lenin bayrağı. 4. 30 January 1975.
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