Background
GASANOV, Gotfrid was born in 1900 in Derbent, Dagestan.
GASANOV, Gotfrid was born in 1900 in Derbent, Dagestan.
1926 graduated piano and composition classes, Leningrad Conservatory.
Founder and pedagogue, Buynak Music College (now in Makhachkala). Participated in musical and ethnographic expeditions in Dag. 1935 organized Song and Dance Ensemble of Dag Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Musical director, Kumyk Drama Theater. From 1948 Board member, USSR Composers’ Union. From 1955 Board chairman, Dag Composers' Union.
Deputy, Dagh Supreme Soviet of 1938, 1947 and 1951 convocations.