Chalayev, Shirvani Ramazanovich
(*1936)
Chalayev [Chaláyiff], Shirvani Ramazanovich (11–16–1936, Khosrekh [now Dagestan Republic]). Grad. 1964 from the M. Cons., where he also completed post-grad. work with Fere (1968). Held teaching positions and collected over 500 folk songs. Comp. the first national Dagestan opera, The Mountaineers. Works: Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAscendingDescending op.: The Mountaineers (1970) Mowgli (children's op., after Kipling, 1977, D2318); Reading Effendi Kapiyev, Frontline Notes, Stone Carving, King Lear…