Yaya Sherfedinov

Yaya Sherfedinov
Yaya Şerfedinov
Born(1894-03-16)16 March 1894
Feodosia, Russian Empire
Died29 January 1975(1975-01-29) (aged 80)
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR
AwardsHonored Worker of Arts of the Crimean ASSR (1940)[1]
Honored Worker of Arts of the Uzbek SSR (1971)[2]
Honorary diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR (1974)[3]

Yaya Sherfedinov (Crimean Tatar: Yaya Şerfedinov, Russian: Яя Шерфединов; 16 March 1894 — 29 January 1975) was a Soviet-Crimean Tatar composer, musician, and poet. Born to a poor family in Feodosia, he began playing the violin at a young age. He was a graduate of the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. Before exile from Crimea, he worked in Crimea for the Crimean Radio Committee, the Crimean Tatar State Drama Theater, and the State Song and Dance Ensemble of the Crimean Tatars. When he was not composing new music, he wrote down compilations of many Crimean Tatar folksongs. In exile in Uzbekistan, he continued his musical work, and expanded to writing music for an Uzbek play, working with Uzbek composer Toʻxtasin Jalilov; however, most of his work centered around Crimean Tatar folksongs. His works spanned many themes.[4][5][6][7]

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References

  1. ^ Справочник (in Russian). Union of Composers of the USSR. 1960. p. 173.
  2. ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР О присвоении почетного звания «Заслуженный деятель искусств Узбекской ССР» Шерфединову Я. Ш." Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). No. 125. 3 June 1971. p. 2.
  3. ^ "В Президиуме Верховного Совета Узбекской ССР". Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). No. 126. 31 May 1974. p. 2.
  4. ^ Khalitova, Merzie (18 March 2024). "Творчество Ягъи Шерфединова в музыкально-культурной традиции крымских татар". Avdet (in Russian).
  5. ^ Zudov, Z. (31 May 1974). "Музикага бағишланган умур". Sovet Oʻzbekiston (in Uzbek). p. 4.
  6. ^ Очерки истории и культуры крымских татар (in Russian). Krymuchpedgiz. 2005. pp. 159–160.
  7. ^ "Яя Шерфединов". Lenin bayrağı (in Crimean Tatar). 30 January 1975. p. 4.

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