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(February 5, 1918 in Baku – May 13, 1982 in Moscow), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces,[1] including ballets, operas, symphonic and chamber pieces, solos for piano, cantatas, songs, and marches, and rose to prominence not only in Azerbaijan SSR, but also in the rest of the Soviet Union and worldwide.[2]
The Seven Beauties, suite from the ballet(1952)
Seven Beauties is an Azerbaijani ballet composed by Gara Garayev in 1947–48 to mark the 800th anniversary of classical Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. The libretto by I. Hidayetzade, Yuri Slonimsky and Sabit Rahman is based on motifs from Ganjavi’s Seven beauties poem, written in 1197.
1. Waltz
2 .Adagio
3. Dance Of Merriment
4. Prelude And Indian Dance
5. Byzantine Dance
6. Khorezm Dance
7. Slavonic Dance
8. Maghrib Dance
9. Chinese Dance
10. The Most Beautiful Of All Beauties
11. Procession
Ostankino Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Rauf Aboullayev, conductor