About pedagogues
About
Uzeyir Hajibeyov:
Uzeyir Hajibeyov's role in Azerbaijan music is similar to Glinka's
role in Russian musical history. All basic genres of contemporary
music come from Uzeyir Hajibeyov's creativity.
"Baku worker", 1948, November 26.
(Garayev's voice)
In this talanted teacher's class who possessed some special
keenness in the approach to each of his fosterlings, many of
us for the first time realized that charm of artless lyrical
national songs, refinement of structure of mugam cover the sensitive
system and beauty not only of aesthetic, but also the logic
order.
"Soviet culture", 1975, November 26 .
About Dmitriy Shostakovich: 
I am often asked about how Shostakovich used to work with students
and which pedagogical principals he applied. And I have to answer
that he has as many principals as his students. But being very
serious pedagogue he managed to impress his students to be sure
to their power and to finish even the most difficult work.
High professional atmoshpere to the work ruled the class. It
was just impossible to come to the class with unfinished work.
And we efforted ourselves to work as a beast. I don't remember
if any lazy and beachcomber student could stand for long at
the class. It was demanded "to lay yourself for" all-over.
I was and will always be a thankful pupil of my beloved teacher,
to whose communication I obliged with all what I am able to
achieve today in music.
"Soviet music", 1996, #9.
