Mukhadin Fitsevich Balov ( December 25, 1923 , Kenzhe village, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Okrug - 1984 , Nalchik ) - Kabardian composer , the first to put folk Adyghe music on sheet music.
Biography
Muhadin Balov was born on December 25, 1923 in the village of Kenzhe, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1946–50 he studied at the Leningrad Conservatory in composition class (supervisor - Yu. V. Kochurov).
Over the years, he taught at the Nalchik Music School, was the conductor of the city brass band.
He created the first Kabardian national opera - Madina (jointly with X. Ya. Kardanov, 1970, Musical Theater, Nalchik).
Compositions
- Oratorio "Songs of My Homeland" (1967);
- Requiem (1965);
- for orc. - symphony (1968);
- Symphonietta (1966);
- 2 suites - “Kyzburun” (1959) and “Kanamat and Kasbulat” (1961);
- The poems “Kabardino-Balkaria” (1963), “In the Donskoy Steppe” (1964), “Eternally Alive” (1965), “Red Dzhigits” (1970);
- for children choir and soloist - suite “We Will Live in Communism” (1963);
- marches and plays for brass band, romances, songs.
Literature
- Musical Encyclopedia in 6 vols., 1973-1982).