Soltan Ğäbäşi

Ğäbäşi Soltanäxmät Xäsänğata ulı[1] a.k.a.

Soltan Ğäbäşi[2] (1891 – 1942) 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, Russian Empire (now Biektaw District of Tatarstan).

In collaboration with Vasili Vinogradov and Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev he composed first Tatar operas, Saniä (1925) and Eşçe[3] (The Worker) (1930), vocal and instrumental concertos, arrangement of folk songs.

As musicologist, he is known by his articles, devoted to Tatar musical culture.