- Dzhambul Dzhabaev by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Feb. 16 (28), 1846, in Semirech’e; died June 22, 1945, in Alma-Ata. Kazakh folk akyn (improvisatory poet and singer).The son of a poor nomad, Dzhabaev studied the art of improvisation with the akyn Suiumbai. He performed songs, mainly satirical, frequently defeating at the aitys (traditional form of sung ...
- Kurmanbek by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... version of the Soviet Kirghiz akyn (folk bard) K. Akyev, published in Kirghizia in 1938 and 1957, is the most complete. S. Dyikanbaev’s variant was recorded in 1966.REFERENCEKebekova, B. “Kurmanbek” eposunun varianttary. Frunze, 1961.
- Isa Baizakov by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born 1900; died Sept. 3, 1946, in Alma-Ata. Kazakh national akyn (bard), poet, and composer.Baizakov’s narrative poems The Beautiful Kuralai. (1925), The Shepherd’s Tale. (1926), In the Foothills of the Altai. (1934), and Akbope (1941) are based on national folklore. The ...
- Baizakov, Isa by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born 1900; died Sept. 3, 1946, in Alma-Ata. Kazakh national akyn (bard), poet, and composer.Baizakov’s narrative poems The Beautiful Kuralai. (1925), The Shepherd’s Tale. (1926), In the Foothills of the Altai. (1934), and Akbope (1941) are based on national folklore. The ...
- Usenbaev, Alymkul by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born May 16 (28), 1894, in the village of Kara-Archa, in what is now Dzhety-Ogurskii Raion, Kirghiz SSR; died Aug. 2, 1963, in Frunze. Soviet Kirghiz akyn (improvisatory folk poet and singer). Member of the CPSU from 1944. Pupil of Toktogul Satylganov. People’s Artist of the Kirghiz SSR (1939).Before the October Revolution of 1917, Usenbaev composed songs about the hard ...