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Yaya Sherfedinov (Crimean Tatar: Yaya Şerfedinov, Russian: Яя Шерфединов; 16 March 1894 — 29 January 1975) was a Soviet-Crimean Tatar composer, musician, and poet. Born to a poor family in Feodosia, he began playing the violin at a young age. He was a graduate of the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. Before exile from Crimea, he worked in Crimea for the Crimean Radio Committee, the Crimean Tatar State Drama Theater, and the State Song and Dance Ensemble of the Crimean Tatars. When he was not composing new music, he wrote down compilations of many Crimean Tatar folksongs. In exile in Uzbekistan, he continued his musical work, and expanded to writing music for an Uzbek play, working with Uzbek composer Toʻxtasin Jalilov; however, most of his work centered around Crimean Tatar folksongs. His works spanned many themes.

See also

• Enver Sherfedinov

References

1. Khalitova, Merzie (18 March 2024). "Творчество Ягъи Шерфединова в музыкально-культурной традиции крымских татар". Avdet (in Russian).
2. Zudov, Z. "Музикага бағишланган умур". Sovet Oʻzbekiston (in Uzbek). p. 4.
3. Очерки истории и культуры крымских татар (in Russian). Krymuchpedgiz. 2005. pp. 159–160.
4. "Яя Шерфединов". Lenin bayrağı (in Crimean Tatar). 30 January 1975. p. 4.

Literature

• Sherfedinov, Yaya (1 January 1968). "Niyetim" Ниетим. Lenin bayrağı Ленин байрагъы (in Crimean Tatar). p. 3.
• Tikhnova, T. (31 May 1974). "Putʹ v iskusstvo" Путь в искусство. Pravda Vostoka (in Russian). p. 3.

External links

• Biography at gasprinskylibrary.ru

• 1894 births
• 1975 deaths
• Crimean Tatar musicians
• Moscow Conservatory alumni