Zulfugar Hajibeyov

Zulfugar Hajibeyov studied at Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary. The recorded working language is Azerbaijani and Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Distinctions recorded are Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR and Order of the Badge of Honour.

• Name — Zulfugar Hajibeyov Zülfüqar Hacıbəyov • Birth Name — Zulfugar bey Hajibeyli • Born — 17 April 1884 • Birthplace — Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 30 September 1950 • Place of death — Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Alley of Honor, Baku, Azerbaijan • Occupation — Composer • Children — Niyazi Hajibeyov (son) • Relatives — Uzeyir Hajibeyov (brother) Jeyhun Hajibeyli (brother)

Hajibeyov was born in Shusha on 17 April 1884. Hajibeyov's brother Uzeyir Hajibeyov is considered the "Father of Classical Music" in Azerbaijan. Their brother Jeyhun was a publicist, journalist, and ethnographer, and helped Uzeyir compose the opera Layla and Majnun. His son, Niyazi Hajibeyov, was also a composer, and directed the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra for 40 years. Hajibeyov died on 30 September 1950. He is buried in the Alley of Honor in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hajibeyov's house in Shusha is classified as a historical monument "bearing state importance" by Azerbaijan.

Musical comedies • Title — Translated title — Year of release • Əlli yaşında cavan — Young at Fifty Years Old — 1909 • On bir yaşlı arvad — Eleven-Year-Old Woman — 1911 • Evli ikən subay — Single while Married — 1911

• Ashiq Qarib ("The Wandering Ashiq"), after the anonymous Azerbaijani romantic dastan of the same name, 1915.