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Department of Music folklore
Phone (+994 12) 4929248 
Fax (+994 12) 4981621   
E-mail nrahimbeyli@yahoo.com 
Chief 

Rahimbayli Naila Rasim gizi 

Doctor of Sciences on Art-study 

Total number of employees 4
Basic activity directions   Main targets and mission of the division is to gather all possible information relating with folk music, dance, ashuq songs, as well as investigations and systematization of ashuq art. 
Main scientific achievements  During the lifetime of the division, more than 100 ashuq songs were gathered and classified to ashuq encyclopaedias. It was prepared to issue the encyclopaedia of mugham. It is expected to start investigations on “ Azerbaijani musical folklore”