DIYAROV Karim Mukhamadeyevich

DIYAROV Karim Mukhamadeyevich (15.1. 1910–17.11.1986), kuray player, collector of folklore. The successor of the classical tradi­ tions of kuray playing, developed in the Bashkir Trans­Urals. The repertoire included Bashkir ethnic songs and tunes, including “Abdrakhman-Canton”, “Bayas”, “Buranbay”,“The Crane song”, “Liver-Chestnut Pacer”, “Kakhym-Turya”, “Gray-Haired Eagle with White Shoulders”, “Ural”. D. recorded versions of the songs “Lullaby Song”, “Madinakay”, “Syrdarya”, tune “Chestnut Horse” etc. Re­ cordings of more than 120 melodies performed by him with handwritten lyrics and legends are stored in the scientific archive of URC RAS. D.’s repertoire was included in the collection “Sal Uraldyn Mondary”.