Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev

Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly
1998 Kazakhstan stamp, for the 175th anniversary of his birth
Born1823
Died1896 (1897) (aged 73)
OccupationComposer

Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly (Kazakh: Құрманғазы Сағырбайұлы, Qūrmanğazy Sağyrbaiūly; 1823–1896)[1][2] was a Kazakh composer, instrumentalist (kobyz, dombra), and folk artist.[3] He influenced Kazakh musical culture. He was born in 1818 in the Bukey Horde (now Zhanakala District, West Kazakhstan Region). He is buried in the Astrakhan region of Lower Volga in today's Russian Federation.[4]

Legacy

Sagyrbaev's mausoleum

In 1993, Sagyrbaev's image has been used on the 5 Kazakhstani tenge banknote, and on a Khazakh stamp in 1998.[1]

The Kazakh National Conservatory is officially named after Kurmangazy.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Kazakhstan 5 Tenge Banknote.ws
  2. ^ Axel Frey, ed. (2005). Biographischer Index Rußlands und der Sowjetunion [Biographical Index of Russia and the Soviet Union] (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 1160. ISBN 9783110933369.
  3. ^ Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev Madenimura.kz Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Monument of Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev atyrautourism.kz Archived 2016-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Kassymova, Didar; Kundakbayeva, Zhanat; Markus, Ustina (2012). Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan. Scarecrow Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780810879836.