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Uzeyir Hajibeyov

1885 - 1948

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Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 1885 – 23 November 1948) was an Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. Hajibeyov composed the music of the national anthem of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (which was re-adopted after Azerbaijan regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uzeyir Hajibeyov has received more than 221,593 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Uzeyir Hajibeyov is the 278th most popular composer (down from 233rd in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Azerbaijani Composer.

Uzeyir hajibeyov is most famous for composing the opera "Leyli and Majnun."

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 278 out of 1,451. Before him are Alan Silvestri, Carl Reinecke, Carl Stamitz, Max Steiner, Riccardo Broschi, and Anton Arensky. After him are Louis-Claude Daquin, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Antonio Lotti, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and Alessandro Stradella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 50. Before him are Will Durant, Romano Guardini, Clementine Churchill, Christian Wirth, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, and Velimir Khlebnikov. After him are Otto Klemperer, Sacha Guitry, Per Albin Hansson, Franz Böhme, Theda Bara, and André Lhote. Among people deceased in 1948, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 40. Before him are Pompeu Fabra, Kantarō Suzuki, Emil Ludwig, Yoshiko Kawashima, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Hans Aumeier. After him are Kōki Hirota, Tamam Shud case, Josef Bühler, Dieter Wisliceny, Rudolf Brandt, and Seishirō Itagaki.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 22 out of 232. Before him are Artur Rasizade (1935), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Ali Asadov (1956), Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884), and Pavel Florensky (1882). After him are Mehriban Aliyeva (1964), Khaqani (1126), Tofiq Bahramov (1925), Muslim Magomayev (1942), Tadj ol-Molouk (1896), and Fatali Khan Khoyski (1875).

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Among COMPOSERS In Azerbaijan

Among composers born in Azerbaijan, Uzeyir Hajibeyov ranks 1. After him are Gara Garayev (1918), Fikret Amirov (1922), Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947), Arif Malikov (1933), Avet Terterian (1929), Elza Ibrahimova (1938), Tofig Guliyev (1917), and Rauf Hajiyev (1922).

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