Ğäbäşi Soltanäxmät Xäsänğata ulı a.k.a. Soltan Ğäbäşi (18911942) was a Tatar composer, musicologist and choirmaster.
He was born in the village of
Keçe Solabaş near
Döbyaz, then a part of
Qazan Uyezd,
Qazan Governorate
The Kazan Governorate (russian: Каза́нская губе́рния; tt-Cyrl, Казан губернасы; cv, Хусан кӗперниӗ; mhr, Озаҥ губерний), or the Government of Kazan, was a governorate (a '' guberniya'') ...
,
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...
(now
Biektaw District of
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...
).
In collaboration with
Vasili Vinogradov
Vinogradov Vasily Ivanovich (; Vasili Vinogradov, russian: Виногра́дов Васи́лий Ива́нович; 1874–1948) was an ethnically Russian Tatar opera composer, violinist and pedagogue. TASSR Honoured Worker of Culture (1 ...
and
Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev
Gaziz Salih uli Almukhametov (pronounced , Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev; Bashkir Cyrillic: Ғәзиз Сәлих улы Әлмөхәмәтов; Tatar Cyrillic: Газиз Салих улы Әлмөхәммәдев; russian: Гази́з Сали́ ...
he composed first Tatar
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...
s, ''Saniä'' (1925) and ''Eşçe
(The Worker)'' (1930), vocal and instrumental concertos, arrangement of folk songs. As musicologist, he is known by his articles, devoted to
Tatar musical culture.
Soltan Ğäbäşi was a son of theologian and historian
Xäsänğata Ğäbäşi.
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1891 births
1942 deaths
Tatar people of the Soviet Union
Tatar music
Soviet composers
Soviet musicologists
20th-century musicologists