September 18 is celebrated as National Music Day in our country. This date is related to the birthday of Uzeyir Hajibeyli, the author of the first opera in the East, the founder of the professional music art of Azerbaijan, the great musicologist-scientist Uzeyir Hajibeyli. On September 18, 1995, a decree was signed by national leader Heydar Aliyev, taking into account the unparalleled services of Uzeyir Hajibeyli in the development of Azerbaijani musical art. According to the decree, every year U. Hajibeyli's birthday is celebrated nationwide as the National Music Day.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov, whose works are considered one of the pearls of world music, was born on September 18, 1885, in Shusha district. Uzeyir Hajibeyov became famous not only in Azerbaijan, but in the entire Muslim East with the opera "Leyli and Majnun", which was performed on January 18, 1908 in H. Z. Taghiyev's theater in Baku. laid the foundation of opera art. He is also the creator of musical comedy genre in Azerbaijan. U. Hajibeyov's musical comedies "Husband and wife", "Let it be, let it be", "Arshin mal alan" reflect the Azerbaijani life, folk customs and traditions of that time.
The video called "Borderless Art" produced by the Republican Children's Library named after F. Kocherli is dedicated to the "National Music Day" on September 18.
The main purpose of the presented video is to inform virtual readers, as well as to acquaint them with the resources in the library's fund, covering the field of culture, music and art, and serve to increase their outlook.
In the video, general information about the creativity of Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Bulbul, Niyazi, Fikret Amirov, Gara Garayev was given.