Gara Garayev
Sound
- Born
- February 5, 1918 · Baku, Bakinskaya guberniya, People's Republic of Azerbaijan
- Died
- May 13, 1982 (age 64)
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces, including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in the Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.
Known for
Don Quixote
May 23, 1957
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
September 15, 1971
On Distant Shores
August 18, 1958
Nizami
June 1, 1982
The Fires of Baku
February 16, 1958
Two Boys from the Same District
February 11, 1957
The Great Patriotic War
November 19, 1965
The Caspian Story
December 22, 1953
A Family
October 16, 1943
Leyli and Majnun
September 13, 1961
The Golden Echelon
November 4, 1959
History Lesson
February 26, 1957
Behind the camera19
- 1982Seven Beauties Original Music Composer, Original Story
- 1982Nizami Original Music Composer
- 1971Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment Original Music Composer
- 1967Man Casts an Anchor Original Music Composer
- 1965The Great Patriotic War Original Music Composer
- 1961Leyli and Majnun Original Music Composer
- 1960Matteo Falcone Original Music Composer
- 1959Real Friend Original Music Composer
- 1959The Golden Echelon Original Music Composer
- 1959