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I've been one who has been privileged in being able to reveal the private and mysterious ideas of Gara
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I must say that I indeed have been fortunate, not only because I had the chance to meet such a talented musical personality but because I got to know him through his music. This is the only way to get deep inside an artist-through music. Everything trivial and insignificant - the things one pays
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To me, Baku is the most beautiful city in the world. Every morning, when the city wakes whether it be to the sun or the rain and fog, every morning my city sings. Baku is meant for art. It gives me so much pleasure to write about this city no matter if you write music, verse or paint
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1202:Categories
1144:Azerbaijan
1091:Symphonies
888:References
718:Motherland
583:Azerbaijan
492:Appraisals
459:Later life
306:Motherland
304:wrote the
214:Early life
67:1918-02-05
1156:Biography
782:nocturnes
735:'s opera
731:. Edited
374:Oil Rocks
271:Rasul Rza
188:symphonic
135:1938–1982
124:conductor
110:Classical
1117:Category
953:Archived
876:See also
780:, three
747:, ballet
675:of Baku.
420:Cold War
328:and the
200:cantatas
194:pieces,
120:Composer
1130:Portals
1056:Ballets
800:1964 -
787:1960 -
767:1957 -
760:1952 -
750:1949 -
741:1948 –
720:, with
710:1943 -
699:ballet.
480:images.
332:of the
228:Russian
204:marches
192:chamber
180:ballets
157:Russian
1100:(1964)
1083:(1969)
1075:(1958)
1067:(1952)
921:
871:(1959)
865:(1958)
856:(1965)
850:(1967)
838:(1961)
832:(1971)
819:(1978)
773:ballet
680:Moscow
663:a ship
659:Moscow
599:music.
519:Niyazi
330:rector
275:Moscow
265:Career
253:, and
232:Mursal
184:operas
173:Soviet
106:Genres
96:Moscow
76:Origin
1192:Opera
1180:Music
401:Faraj
196:solos
1013:IMDb
919:ISBN
822:Two
644:Baku
473:Baku
465:Baku
434:and
428:UCLA
395:and
338:jazz
224:Sona
220:Baku
190:and
100:USSR
86:Died
80:Baku
61:Born
1011:at
991:at
277:'s
167:or
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