Soltan Ğäbäşi

Ğäbäşi Soltanäxmät Xäsänğata ulı a.k.a. Soltan Ğäbäşi 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.
In collaboration with Vasili Vinogradov and Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev he composed first Tatar operas, Saniä and Eşçe , 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.