Qurmanghasy Saghyrbajuly

Postage stamp for Kurmangasy’s 175th birthday in 1998

Qurmanghasy Saghyrbajuly ( Kazakh Құрманғазы Сағырбайұлы ; * 1823 in Bökey-Horde (today Schangaqala , Western Kazakhstan ); † 1896 ) was a Kazakh composer and dombra musician. As the founder of Kazakh instrumental music (Küj), he was important for the music history of his country .

life and work

As a child, Saghyrbajuly played the dombra and created his first compositions. During his lifetime he created around 60 compositions for traditional Kazakh musical instruments, including Kishkentay on the Bökey Horde rebels Isatai Taimanow and Mahambet Utemisow , whose revolt he is said to have witnessed himself between 1836 and 1838. His Küj Sary Arka over the north of the Kazakh steppe is particularly appreciated. Other Küjs Kurmangasy are Akbai , Turmeden kashkan and Aday .

He was known as a rebel in the Kazakh steppe. He criticized the inequality among the Kazakhs and spoke out against the Kazakh elite and the authorities of the Russian Empire, which is why he was arrested several times. He was in prisons in Oral and Orenburg .

He is buried in a mausoleum in Astrakhan , where an equestrian statue now stands in his honor.

Act

Banknote with his image

After Kurmangasy's death, the Russian composer Yevgeny Brussilovsky began collecting and preserving his works. The composer Akhmet Schubanow created an opera about him with Kurmangasy and was also the founder of the Kurmangasy orchestra named after him in 1934 . The Kazakh National Conservatory is also named after him.

It was pictured on the 5- tenge note of the 1993 issue.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Didar Kassymova, Zhanat Kundakbayeva, Ustina Markus (eds.): Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan . Scarecrow Press, 2012, pp. 168 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Monument of Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev. In: Tourist Portal of Atyrau Region. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016 ; accessed on May 10, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Saghyrbajuly, Qurmanghasy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Сағырбайұлы, Құрманғазы (Kazakh)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kazakh composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bökey Horde (today Shangaqala , Western Kazakhstan )
DATE OF DEATH	1896

[dictionary-1] Didar Kassymova, Zhanat Kundakbayeva, Ustina Markus (eds.): Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan . Scarecrow Press, 2012, pp. 168 .

[atyrau-2] Monument of Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev. In: Tourist Portal of Atyrau Region. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016 ; accessed on May 10, 2016 .