The Azerbaijanian Poet Mahsati Ganjavi’s Oeuvre and Music

Abstract

The article deals with the role of Mahsati Ganjavi in the history of Azerbaijanian culture and music, as well as to analyze the works of Azerbaijanian musicians dedicated to Mahsati Ganjavi and study its connection with music culture. A number of research cases and field for studying creativity of Azerbaijanian poetess has been inductively generalized at the theoretical level as a representation of the literary approach. Mahsati Ganjavi, one of the most skilful rubai masters of 12th century Azerbaijanian poetry, is known as one of the progressive poets of the period. Her poems express deep love for man and his feelings, and reflect such qualities as sincerity, naturalness, vitality and imagery. It is important to study issues related to music in the work of Mahsati Ganjavi, to expand the study of Mahsati’s work in terms of studying the role of Mahsati as a poet and musician in the music culture of the Middle Ages, and revealing her views on music reflected in her poems. This is the first attempt to understand that these works prove once again that the deep connection between poetry and music in the works of Mahsati Ganjavi shows itself and conveys her musical poetic world to our contemporaries.