Elmira Abasova
Elmira Abasova | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 10, 1932 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Died | February 12, 2008 (aged 76) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Alma mater | Azerbaijan State Conservatory Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR (PhD) |
| Occupations | musician, musicologist, educator, professor |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Awards | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | musicology |
| Institutions | Azerbaijan State Conservatory Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR |
Elmira Abasova (Azerbaijani: Elmira Əbdülhəmid qızı Abasova; 10 January 1932 – 12 February 2009) was an Azerbaijani musicologist, educator, and art historian; professor (1980), and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967). From 1955, she taught at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory and served as its rector from 1977 to 1992. She was the secretary of the Composers Union of Azerbaijan from 1973 to 1990.
Biography
Elmira Abasova was born on 10 January 1932 in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] In 1955, she graduated from the Historical and Theoretical Faculty of the Azerbaijan State Conservatory, and in 1958 completed her postgraduate studies at the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. From 1955, she taught at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory.[2]
From 1958, Abasova was a member of the Composers Union of Azerbaijan.[3] From 1962, she served as chair of the music criticism section, and from 1973 to 1990 as secretary of the union.[2] She was also a member of the board of the Union of Soviet Composers.[4]
In 1962, Abasova defended his candidate dissertation on the topic “U. Hajibeyov’s operas and musical comedies” at the Institute of Art of the USSR Academy of Sciences.[3] Since 1963, she worked as a senior researcher at the Institute of Architecture and Art of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR.[1][5] She served as an associate professor at the Azerbaijan State Conservatory from 1967 and as a professor from 1980. From 1977 to 1991, she held the position of rector of the conservatory.[2][6]
She was the author of numerous scholarly studies, monographs, brochures, and articles, primarily devoted to issues of Azerbaijan's musical culture. She studied the creative work of prominent Azerbaijani composers and performers from different generations. Her booklets and scholarly articles in this field, such as “Jovdat Hajiyev”, “Rashid Behbudov”, “Soltan Hajibeyov”, “Said Rustamov”, “Qurban Pirimov”, “Bahram Mansurov”, and others, were published in Baku, Moscow, and various former USSR republics.[7]
A significant part of her academic work focused on the study of the creative legacy of Uzeyir Hajibeyov.[8][9] She authored the monographs Operas and Musical Comedies of Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1961),[8] The Opera “Koroghlu” by Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1965), Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1975), Uzeyir Hajibeyov: Life and Creative Path (1985), as well as numerous articles on Hajibeyov. She was the responsible editor of the bibliography Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1978).[2]
Elmira Abasova was awarded the honorary title “Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Azerbaijan” in 1967[7] and was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[10] In 2002, she was awarded the personal scholarship of the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[11]
Elmira Abasova passed away on 12 February 2009.[10][12]
References
- ^ a b ''Касимов К. А.'' Абасова Э. А. Г. // Музыкальная энциклопедия / под ред. Ю. В. Келдыша. — M: Советская энциклопедия, Советский композитор, 1973. — Т. 1
- ^ a b c d "Abasova Elmira Әbdülһәmid qızı". Baku Music Academy (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2025-10-12. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ a b Abduləliyev, Ariz (2023). Elmira Abasova: musiqişünas alim, pedaqoq, ictimai xadim (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Tuna. p. 600.
- ^ "Görkəmli musiqişünas alim Elmira Abasovanın 80 illik yubileyi qeyd olunmuşdur". Azerbaijan State News Agency. 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Məmmədova, Rəna (2022-04-22). "Musiqi mədəniyyətimizin görkəmli nümayəndəsi" (PDF). Elm. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ "Musiqişünaslıq missiyası". Mədəniyyət (in Azerbaijani). 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ a b "Bəstəkarlar İttifaqında görkəmli musiqişünas Elmira Abasovanın xatirəsi anılıb". Azərbaycan (in Azerbaijani). 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ a b Abduləliyev, Ariz (2015-02-12). "Musiqişünasın portreti: görkəmli alim, tənqidçi və pedaqoq Elmira Abasova". 525-ci qəzet. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Fərəcov, Savalan. "Görkəmli musiqişünas Elmira Abasova yad edildi". Mədəniyyət (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2025-12-10. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ a b "Bu gün görkəmli musiqişünas, alim Elmira Abasovanın anım günüdür". az.baku-art.com (in Azerbaijani). 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin fərdi təqaüdlərinin verilməsi haqqında" Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin 942 nömrəli Sərəncamı, e-qanun.az, 2002-07-11, retrieved 2026-01-03
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Bakı Musiqi Akademiyasının keçmiş rektoru vəfat edib". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2026-01-03.