Yunus Rajabiy Explained

Yunus Rajabiy
Birth Date:	1897 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Tashkent
Death Place:	Tashkent
Known For:	contributions to Uzbek music

Yunus Rajabiy (5 January 1897 – 23 April 1976) was a Soviet-Uzbek composer, instrumentalist, folklorist, academic, and leader of Uzbek music groups. In addition to composing much celebrated music, he systematically collected, documented, and recorded many Uzbek songs, preserving songs from collective memory.^[1]

Rajabiy received many awards for his work including the Soviet Order of Lenin, the title People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR, and the Order of Outstanding Merit of Uzbekistan.^{[2] [3] [4]} Several locations in Uzbekistan bear his name, including a station on the Tashkent Metro. In 1997, on the occasion of his 100th birthday, the Yunus Rajabiy Museum was inaugurated in Tashkent.

Awards

• Honored Worker of Culture the Uzbek SSR (1939)^[2]
• People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (7 May 1953)^[5]
• Order of Lenin (18 March 1959)^[6]
• Two Order of the Red Banner of Labour (26 August 1967, ?)^{[7] [2]}
• Two Order of the Badge of Honour (25 December 1944, 16 January 1950)^[8]
• State Hamza Prize (1971)^[9]
• Order of Outstanding Merit (25 August 2000)^[10]

References

Bibliography

• News: Alimakhsumov. Arif. Не уставать вам, учитель!. Pravda Vostoka. 6 September 1967. 209. 4. ru.
• News: Dzhabbarov. Akhmad. Полвека, отданные музыке. Pravda Vostoka. 6 September 1967. 209. 4. ru.
• News: Hamroyev. Razzoq. Rahmatova. Farogʻat. Soatqulov. Dadvali. Бизнинг устозимиз. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni. 6 September 1967. 209. 4. uz. Razzoq Hamroyev.
• News: Nurullayeva. Anor. Пахтазор илҳомлари. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni. 6 September 1967. 209. 4. uz.
• News: Turob. Toʻla. Яшасин музика. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni. 6 September 1967. 209. 4. uz.
• News: Zudov. V.. Щедрость души. Pravda Vostoka. 5 January 1977. 3. 3. ru.

Notes and References

1. Book: Mannopov . Sultonali . Oʻzbek xalq musiqa madaniyati . 2004 . Yangi asr avlodi . Tashkent . 5-633-00222-9 . 17 August 2024 . Uzbek.
2. News: Юнус Ражабий. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni. 24 April 1976. uz.
3. Encyclopedia: Ражабий, Юнус. Oʻzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi. 2004. 7. National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan State Scientific Publishing House. uz.
4. Book: История узбекской музыки: Учеб. пособие для муз. вузов. 1979. Muzyka. ru. 61.
5. News: 8 May 1953. Pravda Vostoka. Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О присвоении почетного звания «Народый артист Узбекской ССР» т. Ражабову Ю. и Икрамов И.. 1. ru.
6. News: СССР Олий Совети Президиумининг Фармони Ўзбекистон ССР санъати ва адабиёти ходимларини СССР орденлари ва медаллари билан мукофотлаш тўғрисида. Qizil Oʻzbekiston. 19 March 1959. 1. uz.
7. News: СССР Олий Совети Президиумининг Фармони Композитор Ю. Ражабов (Юнус Ражабий)ни Меҳнат Қизил Байроқ ордени билан мукофотлаш тўғрисида. 29 August 1967. Sovet Oʻzbekistoni. uz. 1. 202.
8. News: Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями работников промышленности, сельского хозяйства, науки, культуры и искусства Узбекской ССР. Pravda Vostoka. 3 February 1950. ru. 4. 27.
9. News: 10 November 1971 . Адабиёт, санъат ва архитектура соҳасида 1971 йилги Ҳамза номидаги Ўзбекистон ССР давлат мукофотларини бериш тўғрисида . On awarding the 1971 state awards of the Uzbek SSR named after Hamza in the field of literature, art and architecture . Sovet Oʻzbekistoni . 1 . uz . 261.
10. News: 26 August 2000 . Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан О награждении мастеров литературы и искусства, внесших огромный вклад в развитие узбекской национальной культуры . Narodnoe slovo . 1 . ru . 166-167.