Salix Säydäş
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Säydäşev Salix Camaletdin ulı [sæɪˈdæʃəf sæˈlʲix ʒʲʌmɑletˌdinuˈlɯ] aka Salix Säydäş [sæˈlʲix sæɪˈdæʃ ][1] (Tatar Cyrillic: Сәйдәш(ев) Салих Җамалетдин улы; Russian: Сайда́шев Сали́х Замалетди́нович; 1900-1954) was a Tatar composer and conductor. People's Artist of Tatar ASSR (1951), Honoured Worker of Culture (1939). Salix Säydäş one of the founding fathers of Tatar professional music.
Säydäşev gave a stimulus to development of different genres in Tatar music, such as opera, ballet, musical comedy, symphonic, choral, popular and pop music. The main part of his creative work was music for musical dramatic plays, such as The Blue Shawl (1926) and On Qandır (1932) by Kärim Tinçurin, The Employer by Taci Ğizzät (1928). In 1922-1948 (off and on) Säydäşev was a chief of musical division and conductor in Kazan-based Tatar Academic Theatre. That time Säydäşev also arrange concerts.
Salix Säydäşev museum works in Kazan since 1990. In 2000 the State Concert Hall of Tatarstan was named after Säydäşev.
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- ^ spelles in English similar to sah-LEEH say-DASH
- (Tatar) "Salix Säydäşev/Салих Сәйдәшев". Tatar Encyclopedia. (2002). Kazan: Tatarstan Republic Academy of Sciences Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia.
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