Sattar ( azerb. Səttar ; circa 1820s , Ardabil - year of death unknown, Tiflis ) - Azerbaijani folk singer Hanende.
| Sattar azerb. Səttar | |
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| basic information | |
| Date of Birth | approx. 1820s |
| Place of Birth | Ardabil |
| Date of death | is unknown |
| A place of death | Tiflis |
| Buried | |
| A country | Persia → Russian Empire |
| Professions | hanende |
| Genres | mugam |
Biography
Sattar was born around 1820 in Ardabil . From a young age, he gained fame as a performer of folk songs, mugams [1] .
Subsequently, Sattar sang in the Majlis (meetings) in Tabriz and in the palace in Tehran . In 1844, Sattar moved to Nakhichevan , and later to Erivan . Since 1845 he lived in Tiflis [1] .
Sattar's speeches at meetings in Tiflis and at public concerts were highly appreciated by Mirza Fatali Akhundov , Khachatur Abovyan , George Eristavi , Nikolai Baratashvili , Yakov Polonsky , as well as the press of that time. Jacob Polonsky dedicated a poem to Sattar entitled Sattar [1] . In a little-known note (Poems. St. Petersburg, 1855, p. VII, note) to the name of Sattar, Polonsky reports:
| Sattara can be heard at Georgian and Armenian weddings, where he is accompanied by musicians. They accompany him ... His ... cries, striking the European’s ears with novelty, give rise to a strange, anxious feeling in the soul. [2] |
Researcher of Georgian-Azerbaijani literary relations A. Samedov gives new information about Sattar. It was he who found out that the famous Georgian poet Nikoloz (Nikolai) Baratashvili knew Sattara, who dedicated [3] "an excellent poem to the singer Sattar" [2] .
Sattar, possessing a beautiful and strong voice, along with mugams, masterfully performed Armenian and Georgian folk songs [1] . Sattar gained wide popularity among the Georgian population. Speaking Georgian as fluently as his native Azerbaijani, he sang his songs in these two languages [3] . Sattar performed verses of the Azerbaijani poetess Gonchabayim , daughter of the Nakhichevan khan Ehsan Khan in Azerbaijani and Georgian languages [4] .
Sattar died in Tiflis [1] .
Photo by Sattar provided by Salman Mumtaz . Institute of Manuscripts of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Sәtar / Ed. J. Kulieva. - Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia : Main Edition of the Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia, 1984. - T. VIII . - S. 399 .
- ↑ 1 2 Sadikhov M. Essays on Russian-Azerbaijani-Polish literary relations of the 19th century. - B .: Azerneshr, 1975 .-- S. 76 .-- 183 p.
- ↑ 1 2 Yakubova S. Azerbaijani folk legend “Ashig-Garib”. - B .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, 1968. - P. 92. - 196 p.
- ↑ Inna Naroditskaya. Song from the Land of Fire. - Routledge, 2002 .-- S. 170. - 290 p. - ISBN 0-415-94021-4 .