Afrasiyab Badalbeyli

Afrasiyab Badalbeyli
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli in the 1930s
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli in the 1930s
Born19 April 1907 (1907-04-19)
Shusha
Died6 January 1976 (1976-01-07) (aged 68)
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor

Afrasiyab Badal bey oghlu Badalbeyli (Azerbaijani: Əfrasiyab Bədəl bəy oğlu Bədəlbəyli) (19 April 1907, in Baku – 6 January 1976, in Baku) was a Soviet Azerbaijani composer, with noble Iranian origins (he was the descendant of Bahman Mirza and Abbas Mirza), conductor and music critic, author of the music and libretto of Giz Galasi (The Maiden Tower), the first Azerbaijani ballet[1][2] and the first ballet in the Middle East.[3]

  1. ^ Музыкальная энциклопедия. Советская энциклопедия. 1973. pp. 1072 стб. с илл.
  2. ^ Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Советская энциклопедия. 1969. pp. 608 стр., илл., 47 л. илл. и карт, 1 отд. л. табл.
  3. ^ Betty Blair. (Winter 1999). "Maiden's Tower Ballet". Azerbaijan International.

    This story line served as the inspiration for the creation of Afrasiyab Badalbeyli's "Maiden's Tower" – the first ballet ever to be produced in Azerbaijan and the Muslim East (1940).