Saadat Abutalib gizi Abdullayeva (born 18 January 1940, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR - d. 12 March 2017, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic) was an Azerbaijani musicologist-scientist, ethno-organologist and pedagogue, doctor of art studies, professor.

Saadat Abutalib gizi Abdullayeva
Born18 January 1940
Died12 March 2017
NationalityAzerbaijani
CitizenshipSoviet Union
Republic of Azerbaijan
OccupationScholar

Life

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Saadat Abdullayeva was born in Baku in 1940. Her father, Abutalib Abdullayev, was one of the ministers of Soviet Azerbaijan.

In 1957, she graduated from the Bulbul Music School and was admitted to the Baku Music Academy named after Uzeyir Hajibeyov. In 1962, she graduated from the conservatory majoring in "Azerbaijani folk music". In 1962–1971, she worked as a researcher in the "Music" department of the Institute of Architecture and Art. In 1965–1967, she received post-graduate studies within this institute. In 1971–1979, she was a teacher, head teacher of the "History and theory of Azerbaijani folk music" department of the Azerbaijan State Conservatory, and in 1979-1992 she was an associate professor. she became a professor in 2004 and worked in this department until 2017. she supervised the scientific work of 15 doctoral students. In 1978, she was elected a member of the Union of Composers of the USSR.[1]

The basis of his research was the history of the development of Azerbaijani national musical instruments, the features of sounding and use, and the examination of the similarity of these instruments with the instruments of other Turkic nations. She is considered one of the founders of musical instrument studies in Azerbaijan.[2][3]

She died on March 12, 2017, in Baku.

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References

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  1. ^ Qafarov S. (2 November 2016). "Səadət Abdullayeva". abm.musigi-dunya.az. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. ^ Abdullayeva S. (30 July 2019). "Azərbaycan xalq çalğı alətləri (musiqişünaslıq-orqanoloji tədqiqat)" (PDF). Musiqi Kitabxanası. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ^ Səadət SEYIDOVA, Imruz ƏFƏNDIYEVA (6 February 2011). "BIR MUSIQIŞÜNAS ÖMRÜNÜN SƏHIFƏLƏRI". www.musigi-dunya.az. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.