“Song of a blind Arab” ( azerb. Kor ərəbin mahnısı ) is a song written by Azerbaijani composer Fikret Amirov for staging the play “ Sheikh Sanan ” by Huseyn Javid . It is noted that the song is a typical example of a ballad song [1] .
| Blind Arab song | |
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| Executor | Mammadali Aliyev , Rashid Beibutov , Alim Gasimov |
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| Date Recorded | 1950s |
| Song language | Azerbaijani |
| Author | Fikret Amirov (music) Huseyn Javid (words) |
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Content
- 1 Song History
- 2 Text
- 3 Sources
- 4 References
Song History
The play “Sheikh Sanan” by Javid is based on an Arab legend, well known in Azerbaijan. Fikret Amirov began to write music for a dramatic performance in the 50s [2] . This was Amirov’s first appeal to the Arab theme. Amirov created almost all the music for the play on Azerbaijani material and only in two or three cases attracted genuine Arabic melodies, but he sufficiently reworked them. This is how the popular song “The Blind Arab's Song” appeared [2] .
In 1961, at the studio of Azerbaijan Television, director Rauf Kyazimovsky a video was shot for the song entitled “ Song of the blind ". The song in the video was performed by Mammadali Aliyev . The film itself was shot in Icheri Sheher [3] . The song was also performed by People's Artist of the USSR Rashid Beibutov . People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Malekkhanym Eyyubova shot a video for the song.
In 2007, rapper Nado and Javid Huseyn synthesized Amirov’s music with rap and in this genre presented this song [4] . Arranged the song Azad Veliyev.
In 2012, at a festive event dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Huseyn Javid, the song was performed by the national artist of Azerbaijan Alim Gasimov [5] .
Text
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Sources
- ↑ Ceyran Sabitoğlu . Fikrət Əmirovun mahnılarında söz ilə musiqinin qarışıqlı əlaqəsinin bəzi məqamları haqqında (azerb.)
- ↑ 1 2 V.S. Vinogradov . The world of music of Fikret. - Pagans, 1983 .-- S. 103 .-- 129 p.
- ↑ Youtube movie
- ↑ "Blind Arab Song" in rap performance
- ↑ A solemn event dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Huseyn Javid was held in Baku
Links
- Performed by Rashid Beybutov.
- Performed by Alim Gasimov.
- Performed by Babek Niftaliev to the accompaniment of the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra . France.
- Performed by Malekhanym Eyyubova.