What is Uzeyir Hajibeyov?
[[File:Family of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (Shusha, 1915).jpg|thumb|Photo of Uzeyir Hajibeyov's family (Uzeyir in top-left) in [[Shusha]], 1915.]] '''Uzeyir bey Abdul Hussein oglu Hajibeyov''' ({{lang-az|Üzeyir bəy Əbdülhüseyn oğlu Hacıbəyov, اوزئییر حاجی‌بیوو}}; {{lang-ru|Узеир Абдул-Гусейн оглы Гаджибеков}}; September 18, 1885, [[Agjabadi]] – November 23, 1948, [[Baku]]) was an Azerbaijani and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[composer]], [[Conducting|conductor]], [[publicist]], [[playwright]], [[teacher]], [[translator]], and social figure from Azerbaijan. He is recognized as the father of [[Azerbaijan]]i [[classical music]] and [[opera]]. He composed the [[National Anthem of Azerbaijan]] and the [[Anthem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]].<ref name=natanthem>[http://www.azerbaijan.az/portal/General/Symbols/stateSymbols_e.html ''THE NATIONAL ANTHEM''] - THE NATIONAL SYMBOLS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN - Azerbaijan.az. Retrieved on 06 May 2012.</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hajibeyov, Uzeyir}} [[Category:1885 births]] [[Category:1948 deaths]] [[Category:Azerbaijani composers]] [[Category:Azerbaijani musicians]] [[Category:Azerbaijani educators]] [[Category:Translators]] [[Category:Azerbaijani communists]] [[Category:Soviet musicians]] [[Category:Burials at Alley of Honor]] {{bio-stub}}