Babayev [Babáyiff], Andrey Avanesovich (, Msmna, Nagorno-Karabakh distr.; , M.). Following grad. 1950 from the Baku Cons., where he was a pupil of U. Gadzhibekov and K. Karayev , did post-grad. work with Shaporin at the M. Cons. Undertook considerable research on Caucasian and Central Asian folk music, arranged folk songs from these regions, and comp. orig. works with a distinct folk flavor, such as The Eagle Fortress.