Abdylas Maldybaev, as shown on the Kyrgyz 1
som note
Born
(1906-07-07)July 7, 1906
Died
June 1, 1978(1978-06-01) (aged 71)
Abdylas Maldybaevich Maldybaev (
Kyrgyz: Абдылас Малдыбаевич Малдыбаев; July 7, 1906 – June 1, 1978) was a
Soviet and
Kyrgyz composer, actor, and
operatic tenor singer. Maldybaev was one of the composers of the
state anthem of the Kirghiz SSR and is still renowned for his operatic composition. He helped popularize Kyrgyz music by skillfully using
Western European techniques. The Kyrgyz one
som banknote pictures him.
Maldybayev provided folk melodies and composed music which was organized and prepared by Russian composers
Vladimir Vlasov and
Vladimir Fere into six Soviet state operas and other works. Their first full opera was Ai-churek.[1] The collective is usually hyphenated as Vlasov-Fere-Maldybayev, which also composed the Kirghiz national anthem.[2]
Works
Ai-Churek, opera in four acts after an episode of the "Manas Epos" (1938–1939) Libretto: D. Tursubekov, D. Bokonbaev and K. Malikov. First performance in 1939 in Frunze.
The History of Happiness, cantata after V. Vinnikov (1949)
On the Banks of Issyk-Kula, opera after K. Bayalinov and V. Vinnikov (1950)
Toktogul, opera (1958)
His work has been recorded and issued on media including:
Ai-Churek, LP Melodiya D 07269-74: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirghiz State Theatre Opera & Ballet, Dzhumakhmatov (conductor), 1938
On the Banks of Issyk-Kul, LP Melodiya D 2253-4: Radio Orchestra, Tselikovsky (conductor), S. Kiyzbayeva (soprano), K. Chodronov (bass), 1950
Toktogul, LP Melodiya D 4610-1: (Fragments) Chorus and Orchestra of the Khirgiz State Theatre Opera & Ballet, Dzhumakhmatov (conductor), 1958[3]
References
^Journal of the American Musicological Society, Volume 51. 1998.
^Maes, Francis (2002). A history of Russian music: from Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar.