Gabashi, Sultan Khasanovich
(1891–1942)
Gabashi [Guhbasheacute;e] (Gabyashi), Sultan Khasanovich (5–1–1891, Sulabash; 1–8–1942, Ufa). Comp., ethnographer, and pedagogue. With V. I. Vinogradov and Al'mukhamedov, comp. the first Tatar operas Saniya (1925) and Eshche (1930). Also wrote songs, pf pieces, and band works. Taught in aUfa beginning in 1922. Bibliography: Yu. Keldysh, ed.: Muzykal'naya entsiklopediya [Soviet Encyclopedia of Music] (Moscow, 1973)