| Alekper Taghiyev | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1922 |
| Origin | Azerbaijan |
| Occupations | Composer, Jurist, Pianist |
Alekper Taghiyev (Azerbaijani: Ələkbər Tağıyev; 1922, Ganja - 1981, Baku)– Azerbaijani composer, author of popular Azerbaijani songs.
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He was born in 1922, in Ganja in a large, low-income family. At the age of 14 he began to work in case of need in secretariat of judicial trials. Later, he entered the All-Union Judicial Institute and after graduation began to work in Goychay as an investigator. He worked in Public Procurators’ Office more than 30 years and worked till being a chief of investigation department of Public Procurators’ Office of Baku city.
From Alekper’s youth people around him noticed his musical talent, but he chose the other way and engaged in jurisprudence. But absence of special musical talent didn’t prevent him from composing his first song called “Gonshu gizi” (“Neighbor girl”) in 1958, which was heard on the air of Azerbaijan State Television performed by Zeynab Khanlarova. The prominent musician Akif Bakikhanov helped Alekper Taghiyev to become a composer. Later, Alekper Taghiyev composed more than 2000 songs and many of them are stored in archive of the composer’s son, and only more than 200 of them have been dubbed.[1] There are such well known and popular songs as “Arzu gizim” (“My daughter, Arzu”), “Sene gurban”, “Isteyirem gorem seni” (“I would like to see you”), “Sen Mushfigin yaninda”, “Sen gelmez oldun” (“You didn’t come”) among them. His songs were performed by such prominent Azerbaijani singers as Rashid Behbudov, Shovkat Alakbarova, Sara Gadimova, Rubaba Muradova, Zeynab Khanlarova, Islam Rzayev, Flora Kerimova, Nisa Gasimova, Mammadbaghir Baghirzade, Faig Aghayev and others. Because of the absence of the musical education Alekper Taghiyev was not allowed to the Union of Azerbaijani Composers, but in spite of that he was chosen to the Musical Fund of the USSR at the eminent Azerbaijani conductor Niyazi’s and composer Tofig Guliyev’s insistence.
Singers return to Alekper Taghiyev’s creativity up till now and his songs enter not only Azerbaijani singers’ but also foreign singers’ repertoire, too.[2] Melody of the composer’s well-known “Sen gelmez oldun” song was performed by Azerbaijani musician Alihan Samedov on balaban in Turkey and on nai by famous Moldavian naist Konstantin Moskovich, and also was sang by Turkish singer Sibel Jan and Russian singers Byanka and Sogdiana.[3] “Sen Mushfigin yaninda” song was performed by Lebanese singer Nensi Ajram in Armenian language.[4]