Abolhasan Saba

Abol Hasan Saba

Abol Hasan Saba
Background information
Born (1902-04-15)April 15, 1902
Origin Tehran, Iran
Died December 19, 1957(1957-12-19) (aged 55)
Genres Persian music
Occupation(s) composer
Instruments violin, setar

Abol Hasan Sabā (April 15, 1902 - December 19, 1957) (Persian: ابوالحسن صبا‎‎) was a renowned Iranian composer, violinist, and setar player.[1]

Biography

Manoochehr Sadeghi (left), Ostad Saba (middle), Faramarz Payvar (right)

He was born in Tehran to Abul Qasim Khan Kamal ol-Saltaneh, son of Mohammad Jafar Khan Sadr ol-Hekma, son of Mahmud Khan Kashi Malak ol-Shoara Sadr ol-Shoara Saba ol-Shoara, son of Mohammad Hossain Khan Malak ol-Shoara. He studied several of Iranian and non Iranian musical instruments and became an Ostad in Radif, but selected violin and setar as his specific instruments. He was a student of Mirza Abdollah as well as Darvish Khan.[1]

Saba is considered one of Iran's most influential figures in traditional and instrumental Persian music.[1][2]

Notable Pupils

The graveside of Saba is prohibited from visitor access. His father's tomb in the same cemetery, seen here, is open to the public. The cemetery is located in Darband, Shemiran, Tehran.

Amongst his many students who went on to become great masters of Persian traditional music were Faramarz Payvar, Manoochehr Sadeghi,[3] Habibollah Badiei, Rahmatollah Badiyi, Abbas Emadi, Ali Tajvidi, Mahmoud Tajbakhsh, Sassan Sepanta, Saeid Gharachorloo, Parviz Yahaghi, Dariush Safvat, Gholam-Hossein Banan and Hossein Tehrani.

He died in 1957 and was buried in Tehran's Zahir o-dowleh Cemetery of artists and musicians.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "BBC Persian". bbc.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
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