| April
19, 1907 |
Afrasiyab
Badalbeyli was born in the family of Badal-bey Badalbeyov and
Rahima-khanim Gajhar |
1916 |
gets initial
classes education at Muslim-Russian school #6 (Badal-bey was
the director of the school) |
1916-1924 |
studies
at the 1-st Practical specialized school - standard school of
the 2-nd grade attached to State Teachers College |
1921-1923
|
works
at the 1-st rate Industrial Arts Office #20 in Baku |
1922-1928 |
student
of Azerbaijan State Turco Music College majoring in Violin and
Music Theory |
1923-1926 |
hearer
of Azerbaijan State Turco Drama College |
1924 |
first
article titled "On Turcic opera and music" |
1924-1926 |
educator
at State Teachers College |
1924-1930 |
student
of Azerbaijan State University of the department "Oriental
languages" majoring in Orientalist-philologist |
January-November,
1928 |
translator
in the newspaper "Communist" |
1928-1930 |
works
as a composer and a conductor at the Azerbaijan State Turco
Drama Theatre |
February
16,
1928 |
writes
music to the play "Fiancee of a flame" by Jhafar Jhabbarli
beginning his composer activity |
January,
1929 |
In the
newspaper "Communist" his article titled "On
disapproval of a tar" made a big resonance |
1929 |
composes
music to the play "Sevil" by Jhafar Jhabbarli |
1929 |
writes
the March "28-th of April" for symphony orchestra |
1930 |
composes
Tone poem "All the Power to the Soviets" |
1930 |
"March-past"
for symphony orchestra |
May 15,
1930 |
works
as a conductor of Turcic (Azerbaijani) operas at the State Theatre
named after M.F.Akhundov |
1930-1932 |
conductor
of Turcic (Azerbaijani) operas at the State Theatre named after
M.F.Akhundov |
1930-1932 |
Head
of the Music sector of the State Drama Theatre |
1930 |
composes
music to the plays "Almaz" by Jhafar Jhabbarli and
"The Prince" by Huseyn Jhavid |
1931 |
music
to the play "1905-th year" by Jhafar Jhabbarli |
1931 |
symphonic
fantasia "Miniatures" |
1932 |
music
to the play "Yashar" by Jhafar Jhabbarli |
1932-1933 |
student
of Moscow State Conservatoire of conducting faculty in K.Sarajhev's
class |
1932-1933 |
while
studying in Moscow he composes 8 Variations, Sonatina for violoncello
and piano, Etude for piano, Suite for symphony orchestra in
3 parts, Quartette for 2 violins, alto and violoncello |
1933 |
music
to the plays "Siyavush" by Huseyn Jhavid and "Fear"
by A.Afinogenov |
1933 |
invited
by Azerbaijan government for staging of the opera "Shahsanam"
by R.Gliyer, the outstanding
Russian composer |
1933-1934 |
in association
with J.Jhabbarli he creates the new variant of the opera "Shahsanam"
by R.Gliyer in the Azerbaijani language |
1934 |
music
to the spectacle "Hajhi Gara" by M.F.Akhundov |
May 4,
1934 |
premiere
of the opera "Shahsanam" in the new staging |
September,
1934 |
enters
the composer faculty of Music College attached to Leningrad
State Conservatoire named after Rimski-Korsakov. Simultaneously
for purposes of development of conducting mastery he starts
working as a conductor assistant at the Leningrad State Ballet
and Opera Theatre under the direction of V.Dranishnikov, the
Chief Conductor of the theatre |
1935 |
composes
music to the play-stage "Monsieur Jhordan" by M.F.Akhundov |
1938 |
finishes
music education in Leningrad |
1938
untill the end of the life |
occupies
the position of a conductor and Chief Conductor at the Azerbaijan
State Opera and Ballet Theatre |
1939 |
creates
children's ballet (one-act) "Tarlan" (libretto by
Turid Badalbeyli) |
April
18, 1940 |
premiere
of the ballet "Maiden's Tower" (libretto by A.Badalbeyli)
having laid the groundwork of professional ballet art in Azerbaijan |
April
23, 1940 |
for prominent
services in arts honorary title "Honoured art worker"
goes to him by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
of the Azerbaijan SSR |
1940-1970
|
propagandist,
lecturer, Head of the Art section, Vice Chairman on arts propaganda
of the society "Knowledge" (on political and scientific
knowledge) attached to the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan
Republic |
1940 |
composes
music to the play "Khans" by Samad Vurghun |
1941 |
creates
music to the play "Farhad and Shirin" by Samad Vurghun |
November,
1941 |
premiere
of the opera "People’s wrath" by A.Badalbeyli and
B.Zeydman (librettists: I.Oratovski and A.Mamedkhanli) |
1941 |
translates
the opera "Anush" by A.Tigranyan into the Azerbaijani
language |
May-June,
1942 |
works
as a composer at the Baku Film Studio, makes sound recording
and music setting of the movie devoted to Bakhtiyar Kerimov,
the Azerbaijani heroe who died in the front |
1943-1946 |
occupies
positions of the Director and Artistic administrator of the
Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall |
1943 |
composes
the "Ballet Suite " for symphony opchestra |
1943 |
translates
(in assosiation with M.S.Ordubadi) the opera "The Barber
of Seville" by J.Rossini into the Azerbaijani language
|
1943 |
libretto
of the ballet "Don Quixote" by L.Minkus |
1944 |
libretto
of the ballet "The Man Who Laughs" by B.Zeydman |
1947-1951 |
works
as an Artistic administrator of the musical transmission of
the Azerbaijan State Radiobroadcasting |
December
12,
1948 |
premiere
of the opera "Nizami" (libretto by M.S.Ordubadi) |
1949 |
creates
the poem for soprano, barytone, choir "Oath to the Standard-bearer"
(to S.Vurghun's words) |
1950-1960
|
Chairman
of the board of the Azerbaijan Republic Music Fund |
1950-1970
|
author
and master of multitudinous broadcasts about musical art through
Azerbaijan State Radio and Television |
1950-1970
|
editorial
board member of the newspaper "Adabiyyat ve Injhasanat"
("Literature and Arts") |
1950 |
composes
"Sinfonietta" (in 3 parts) for the Folk instruments
orchestra |
December
30,
1950 |
conducts
the ballet "Gulshan" by S. Hajibeyov at the premiere
|
1951 |
creates
vocally-symphonic poem "Peace-safeguarding world peoples"
for barytone and choir (to Geray Fazli's words) |
1952 |
translates
the opera "Iolanta" by P.Chaikovski into the Azerbaijani
language |
1953 |
edition
of the brochure "Colloquy about music" |
December
25,
1953 |
conducts
the opera "Sevil" by F.Amirov at the premiere |
1952-1956 |
Chairman
of the section "Musicology and Music criticism" of
the Azerbaijan Composers Union. |
1955 |
publisging
of the monograph about the outstanding tar player Gurban Primov |
1956 |
publishing
of the "Music Terms Dictionary " |
1957 |
libretto
of the children's opera "Golden key" by B.Zeydman |
1959 |
publishing
of the book "Azerbaijan State Opera and Ballet Theatre"
(in assosiation with G.Gasimov) |
May,
1959 |
Ballet
"Maiden's Tower" successfully staged in Moscow at
the Bolshoi Theatre of the USSR as part of the Azerbaijan Literature
and Arts Decade |
May 24,
1960 |
"For
achievements in arts" honorary title "Honoured art
worker of Azerbaijan" goes to him by Decree of the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR |
1960-1970 |
editorial
board member of the magazine "Elm ve Hayat" ("Science
and Life") of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences |
1961 |
author
of the libretto of the "Bahadur and Sona" opera by
S.Aleskerov |
1961 |
publishing
of the article "Music listening and studying" in the
collection "Music and Life" |
1962 |
translation
of the "Daisi" Z.Paliashvili |
September,
1965 |
libretto
author of the ballet "The Black Girl" by A.Abbasov |
November,
1968 |
libretto
author of the musical comedy "Just Your Word" by T.Guliyev
(in association with T.Badalbeyli) |
1968 |
libretto
author of the opera "Aydin" by R.Mustafayev (in association
with T.Badalbeyli) |
1969-1973 |
Chairman
of the Azerbaijan Choir Commmunity |
1969 |
publishing
of the "Defining Monographic Music Terms Dictionary" |
1971 |
staging
of the opera "Willow will not weep" |
1973 |
creates
"Choreographic frescos" (to Nasimi's work) |
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