Ghazals of Nizami Ganjavi in the works of Uzeyir Hacibayli

Abstract

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has declared 2021, the year of the great poet Nizami Ganjavi. Two popular musical ghazals, “Sensiz” and “Sevgili Canan, by the genius composer Uzeyir Hajibayli are being analysed in the article. The aforementioned musical ghazals were written in 1941 and 1943, respectively, and were dedicated to the 800th anniversary of Nizami Ganjavi. The article analyzes some features of the literary genre ghazaland their innovative development in Hajibeyli’s music, melodic, rhythmic, style, form and other innovative features in the new musical genre created by the composer.