 ), based on Abdulqadir Bedil's poem (17th century), linked classical Persian verse and modern musical symbols, while the opera Gulomon /'The Slaves'/ (1978), a new interpretation of the liberation movement of Central Asia of the turn of the century, utilized some key Tajik folklore.Symphony and Maqam represented a classical contradiction of the musical thought in East & West, as they were formations of two types of cultures which emerged in modern times in the process of liberalization from the political canons of contrasting systems.Ziyodullo Shahidi's contribution to that process was based on his own dramaturgy, coming from the other traditions of interconnection of a variety of things and thoughts.