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Gara Garayev - Forgotten Waltz // An Incoherent Thought

0:00 Forgotten Waltz 1:32 An Incoherent Thought ---------------------------------------- Gara Garayev (Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Kara Karayev) (1918-1982) was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide. He graduated in 1946 following study with Aleksandrov and Shostakovich in composition, and Vasilenko in instrumentation. Joined the faculty of the Azerbaijan Conservatoire. Is recognised as one of the most important Azerbaijan composers, and his students include: Adigezalov, Allayarov, Babayev, Baikhanov, Byul-Byul, Gadzhiyev, Khammamedov, Kuliyev, Maldybayeva, Melikov, Mirza-Zade, Mirzoyev, Shainsky, Zul’fugarov and of course, his son Faradzh Karayev. His music style may be described as “quasi oriental” with Tatar and other folk elements. Garayev spent the last five years of his life in Moscow, away from the public, although his love for Baku remained strong and was reflected in his writing: To me, Baku is the most beautiful city in the world. Every morning, when the city wakes whether it be to the sun or the rain and fog, every morning my city sings. Baku is meant for art. It gives me so much pleasure to write about this city no matter if you write music, verse or paint images. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer and Garayev's mentor: Garayev has a great and brilliant talent which is highly developed. He is extremely knowledgeable about instrumentation, polyphony and the other components that make up music. He surely has a great future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer: Garayev has that rare ability to stay true to himself and not to imitate anyone. He maintains his own individuality even while changing with the times, regardless of genre. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodion Shchedrin, Russian composer: There was almost no limit to Garayev's scope of knowledge in all genres of music. In 1963, we traveled together to America. It amazed me how Garayev knew so many things about so many different genres of music. For example, I'd have to admit to being a bit elitist when it comes to jazz. But I couldn't hide my admiration when he demonstrated competency in this field as well. He mentioned several names, compared one tendency in jazz to another and talked about things I had never heard of. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani composer: Garayev's music is one of the greatest columns in the museum of Azerbaijani music. His role in making Azerbaijan's music known worldwide is immense. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arif Malikov, Azerbaijani composer and Garayev's student: He was very strict with his students. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of almost everything related to problems of life as well as problems of art regardless of whether it was in the field of science, music or literature. He was acquainted with so many intelligent people. You gain so much confidence through belief in your teacher when he is a great Master. We never dared to think of skipping class or of not coming prepared. Our classes were one-on-one with him, but we didn't leave when they were over. We would stay on and listen to what went on with the next student. That's why there were always so many people in Garayev's classes all the time despite how hard it was to enroll with him.