A series of great early Opera performances: From 1902 G&Ts to 40s wartime German records:

Halima Nosirova

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Ashug Islam ( Azerb. Asiq Islam ), birth name Islam Kara oglu Yusifov ( 1893 , village Narimanli [note 1]  - 1968 , Kirovabad ) - Azerbaijani ashug , Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan ( 1940 ) [1] . There are known songs written by him dedicated to the structure of socialism ("October", "Long live Azerbaijan", "Our time", "Red Army", "Mingechaur", "Song of the world", "Gamarjan", etc.). Created the first choir of ashugs in Azerbaijan ( Kirovabad , 1937 ) [1]... Participant of the Decade of Azerbaijan Literature and Art, held in 1938 in Moscow [1] . He was a member of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan [1] .

Two ethnic central Asian songs recorded from 1935 to 1938 in the Azeri and Uzbek languages

Song About Stalin


original issue Noginsk Plant Record - 6596
A - Ashug Islam Yusubov Song About Stalin

Duduk [Balaban] - Ismail Alikperov (tracks: A)
Notes in Azerbaijani.

Azeri language recorded 1938 at the Decade of Azerbaijan Literature and Art, held in 1938 in Moscow, to my ears: with Balaban (double reed woodwind) and Ouds or mandolins I. Yusubov (singing and saz), Ismail Alikperov (balaban)
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Leading Uzbek singer Halima Nasyrova with I. Yusubov tamboor, Abdukadeer reed flute and Enoganov doyra (large drum) probably recorded 1935-38
title of selections not stated





 10 " 78 rpm record

Condition:

VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS unworn but rubbed, plays E-/VG++ very quiet light crackle

Plays EXCEPTIONALLY QUIET rare ticks

A CHOICE COPY

Halima Nosirova ( Uzbek Halima Nosirova ; 1913 - 2003 [1] ) - Soviet, Uzbek opera singer ( soprano ), actress , teacher . People's Artist of the USSR ( 1937 ). Laureate of two Stalin Prizes ( 1942 , 1951 )

Halima Nasyrova was born on December 29 (according to other sources - December 7 [1] ) 1913 (according to other sources - in 1912 [2] ) in Taglyk village, not far from Kokand (now in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan ). Was the ninth child in the family. She was brought up in an orphanage .

From 1924 to 1927 she studied at the Baku Theater College (now the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts ) together with a group of young people from Uzbekistan [3] . From 1934 to 1937 she studied at the Uzbek opera studio of the Moscow Conservatory . In 1977 she graduated from the Tashkent Conservatory (now the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan ).

Since 1927 she has  been an actress of the Central State Model Uzbek troupe in Samarkand (since 1929  - the State Uzbek Drama Theater named after Khamza in Tashkent , since 2001  - the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theater ).

From 1930 to 1986 she  was a soloist of the Uzbek Music and Drama Theater (from 1939  - the State Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater, now the Bolshoi Theater named after Alisher Navoi ) in Tashkent . Since 1939 she has  been a leading soloist. She has performed both in the classical repertoire and in national Uzbek operas.

She also performed as a concert singer. She sang Uzbek folk songs, as well as songs of other peoples (Tajik, Kazakh, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, etc.).

She has toured abroad ( East Germany , China , India , Indonesia , Iran and other countries).

From 1979 to 1986 she taught at the Department of Oriental Music at the Tashkent Conservatory.

Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 5th convocation.

She died on January 3, 2003 in Tashkent . She was buried at the Chigatai cemetery .