Badalbeili, Afrasiyab Badal ogly

Badalbeili [Buhdalbáylee], Afrasiyab Badal ogly (4–6–1907, Baku; 1–6–1976, M.). Music critic, dramatist, cond., and comp. Grad. 1938 from the Mus. Sch. of the L. Cons., where he was a pupil of Zeidman . Has cond. the orchestras of the Azerbaijan Opera and Ballet Theater (from 1930), Azerbaijan Radio, and the Azerbaijan Philh. Soc. (1943–46). Comp. the first Azerbaijan national ballet, Gyz galasy, and wrote the librettos for Abbasov's Chernushka (MM...