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'''Mukhtar Ashrafi''' ({{lang-ru|Мухтар Ашрафович Ашрафи}}, Uzbek: ''Muxtor Ashrafiy'';
'''Mukhtar Ashrafi''' ({{lang-ru|Мухтар Ашрафович Ашрафи}}, Uzbek: ''Muxtor Ashrafiy'';
{{OldStyleDate|11 June|1912|29 May}} in [[Bukhara]] – 15 December 1975 in [[Tashkent]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] composer. He was awarded the [[State Stalin Prize|Stalin Prize]] in 1943 and 1952, and was named [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1951. He became a member of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in 1941.
{{OldStyleDate|11 June|1912|29 May}} in [[Bukhara]] – 10 December 1975 in [[Tashkent]]) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]] composer. He was named [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1951.<ref>{{cite Grove |title=Ashrafi, Muhtar |last=Sultanova |first=Razia |year=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45041 |ref=harv }}</ref> He became a member of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in 1941 was awarded the [[State Stalin Prize|Stalin Prize]] in 1943 and 1952.
In the Shostakovitch autobiography (Chapt. 5, Music as an active force) Ashrafi was accused of plagiarism, subject of an investigation and consequently expelled from the union of composers.


His daughter [[Muqadamma Ashrafi|Muqadamma]] is a noted medievalist.<ref name="AbdullaevAkbarzaheh2010">{{cite book|author1=Kamoludin Abdullaev|author2=Shahram Akbarzaheh|title=Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PB5xgFRuYPUC|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7379-7}}</ref>
His daughter [[Muqadamma Ashrafi|Muqadamma]] was a noted medievalist.<ref name="AbdullaevAkbarzaheh2010">{{cite book|author1=Kamoludin Abdullaev|author2=Shahram Akbarzaheh|title=Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PB5xgFRuYPUC|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7379-7}}</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==

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Mukhtar Ashrafi (Template:Lang-ru, Uzbek: Muxtor Ashrafiy; 11 June [O.S. 29 May] 1912 in Bukhara – 10 December 1975 in Tashkent) was a Soviet Uzbek composer. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.[1] He became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1941 was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1943 and 1952.

His daughter Muqadamma was a noted medievalist.[2]

Selected works

Operas
  • Buran (1939, with S. Vasilenko)
  • Grand Canal (1941, with S. Vasilenko)
  • Dilaram (1958)
  • Heart of a Poet (1962)
Ballets
  • Love Amulet (1969)
  • Timur Malik (1970)
  • Stoikost' (1971)
  • Love and Dream (1973)
Orchestral works
  • Symphony No. 1 "Heroic" (1942; awarded Stalin Prize)
  • Symphony No. 2 "Glory to the Victors" (1944)
  • Kantatu o Schast'ye (1952; awarded Stalin Prize)
  • Oratorio Skazanie o Rustame (1974)
  • Music for theater, films, etc.

References

  1. ^ Sultanova, Razia (2001). "Ashrafi, Muhtar". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45041. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ Kamoludin Abdullaev; Shahram Akbarzaheh (27 April 2010). Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7379-7.