The role of patriotic songs in the works of Muslim Magomayev

Abstract

This article deals with studying the creativity of patriotic songs of the famous world performer, People’s artist of the USSR M.Magomayev. The songs of patriotic content are important on the professional path of the performer. So, from the first stages of creativity to the last moment, the outstanding artist paid great attention to songs dedicated to the Motherland. The outstanding figure also successfully expressed his word in this genre and introduced a number of innovations. The patriotic songs in the works of M.Magomayev are found both among the songs written by the performer, and among the songs to which he refers. With his performance, the singer enriched such works with various means of expression and raised them to a new level. So, in the song “The Alarm Bells of Buchenwald” (“Buchenvaldskiy nabat”) the singer showed himself as a master of recitation. Bulbuloglu’s
song “My city, Baku” (“Gorod moj, Baku”), performed by him, absorbed the advanced musical trends of the 1970s and 80s. At the same time, he managed to form a new direction in the genre, marked by the work “The ballad of a little man”, the author of which is a legendary performer. And his song “Spring land, Azerbaijan” (Baharly, yurdum, Azerbayjan) is still considered the peak of Azerbaijanism in our time.