Tolibjon Sodiqov (12 March [O.S. 27 February] 1907 – 5 September 1957) was among the founders of professional music in Uzbekistan, as well as the composer of musical dramas, quartets, operas, and romances.

Tolib Sodiqov
Толиб Содиқов
Tolib Sodiqov
Born(1907-03-12)12 March 1907
Died5 September 1957(1957-09-05) (aged 50)
Occupationcomposer

Sodiqov was born in Tashkent. From 1924 to 1928, he studied at the Institute of Music and Choreography in Samarkand, where his teachers included leading Uzbek poets and composers, such as Sadriddun Ayni, Sergey Mironov and Viktor Uspensky. He then studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow from 1934 to 1941, where he graduated as a composer and conductor in the class of Reinhold Glière.[1]

His many honors included the People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR and the Stalin Prize. Sodiqov also founded the Uzbek Composers Union in 1934 and served as its director for the following 14 years.[2]

In 1939, he wrote the first Uzbek opera, Leili and Mejnun, based on the poem by Alisher Navoi and libretto by Khurshid. The opera was given its first performance by the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Opera and Ballet in 1940.[3] Among his other operas are Gulsara, Zainab and Omon. His more than 100 songs include Bul-bul (Song-bird), Bakhor (Spring), Sarvi-Gul (Flower), and Johon kurnur (I see such beauty). He also wrote the string quartet Eastern Dances, many film scores (Alisher Navoi, Yigit [Young Man], etc.) and choral works.

He died on 5 September 1957.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Садыков Толибжон". Arboblar.uz (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  2. ^ "Талиб Садыков". Кино-Театр.РУ. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  3. ^ "История театра". gabt.uz. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  4. ^ "Толибжон Содиқов". Qizil Oʻzbekiston (in Uzbek). No. 212. 6 September 1957. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Н. Оперного искусства" [N. Opera Art] (PDF). Sovetskoe iskusstvo (in Russian). No. 22. 17 March 1951. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников литературы и искусства Узбекской ССР" [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR On awarding orders and medals to workers of literature and art of the Uzbek SSR] (PDF). Sovetskoe iskusstvo (in Russian). 8 December 1951. p. 1.
  7. ^ "О награждении работников Узбекского Музыкального театра и Узбекской Филармонии — участников декады узбекского искусства в Москве" [On awarding the employees of the Uzbek Musical Theatre and the Uzbek Philharmonic - participants of the decade of Uzbek art in Moscow]. Pravda (in Russian). No. 149. 1 June 1937. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников промышленности, сельского науки, культуры и искусства Узбекской ССР" [Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR On awarding orders and medals to workers in industry, rural science, culture and art of the Uzbek SSR]. Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). No. 27. 3 February 1950. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан О награждении посмертно деятелей науки, литературы и искусства, внесших огромный вклад в развитие науки и культуры Узбекистана" [Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan On posthumous awarding of figures of science, literature and art who have made a huge contribution to the development of science and culture of Uzbekistan]. Narodnoe slovo (in Russian). No. 172. 26 August 2003. p. 1.