P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Prominent Tajik Figures of the Twentieth Century

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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created a number of pieces for the symphony orchestra. "Khush on

Zamon" ("Remembering Those Days") is one of them. He also has sev-

eral long vocal pieces, including Subhi Vatan (The Morning of the

Fatherland), and Sharaf ba Mihnat (Nobility in Labor). He also was ac-

tive in the reconstruction of native musical instruments, and created a

number of colorful spectacles.

Hamdamov became a member of the Union of Composers of the

Soviet Union in 1958. He became a Distinguished Artist of Tajikistan in

1968, and a People's Artist of Tajikistan in 1978. He was the recipient

of two Orders of the Badge of Honor, and the Honorary Order of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Tajikistan.

Hamidov, Majid

Tajik singer Majid Hamidov was born in Namangan in present-day

Uzbekistan, on February 16, 1907. He learned the art of singing and

composing from his uncle, Turdiali Rasulov, a famous singer in

Namangan. Hiss father was also involved in the profession. In 1932,

Hamidov came to the Vakhsh Valley.

In 1935, Hamidov began working at the Stalinabad Theater. In 1941,

he participated in the first Decade of Tajik Art in Moscow, and from

1941 to 1961, he served as a singer at the Tajik Philharmonic Society.

He was a singer between 1961 to 1969 at the State Committee for Radio

and Television.

Hamidov is particularly skilled at performing classical Tajik music,

especially the Shashmaqom. He is also a poet and writes many of the

songs he performs.

Hamidov became a People's Singer of Tajikistan in 1947.