Dzhambul Dzhabayev
(1846–1945)
Dzhambul Dzhabayev [Dzhambúl Dzhabáyiff] (Jambul Jabayev) (2–16/28–1846, Semirechye, Alma-Ata distr.; 6–22–1945, Alma-Ata). The flowery poems attributed to this Kazakh folk singer actually were written by Soviet poets, with a goal to glorify Stalin. Many of them were widely popular in the USSR during the 1930s–50s and were used as texts for works by Shostakovich and other Stalin-era composers, incl. A. Bogatyryov' (cantata The Leningraders), Brusilovsky (Dzhambul Song Cycle), Gnesin…