Abolhassan Saba
Abolhasan Saba (15 April 1902 – 19 December 1957) was a renowned Iranian composer, violinist, and setar player.
Also recorded as Abol-Hasan Sabā · Abolhasan Saba
Abolhassan Saba
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- Name
- Abolhasan Saba
- Born
- 15 April 1902
- Died
- 19 December 1957
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- Iran
- Fields
- persian traditional
- Teachers
- Darvish Khan · Hossein Hang-Afarin · Mirza Abdollah
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Abolhasan Saba (15 April 1902 – 19 December 1957) was a renowned Iranian composer, violinist, and setar player.
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• Name — Abolhasan Saba • Born — 15 April 1902 • Died — 19 December 1957 • Origin — Tehran, Iran • Instrument — Violin, setar • Genre — Persian music • Occupation — Composer
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Manoochehr Sadeghi (left), 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 Iranian and non-Iranic musical instruments and became an Ostad in Radif, but he selected violin and setar as his specific instruments. He was a student of Mirza Abdollah as well as Darvish Khan. Saba is one of Iran's most influential traditional and instrumental Persian music figures. His first radio recording was in 1927 when he played violin alongside Iran's famous singer Ruhangis.
Saba Museum
Saba Museum
• Illustration — Saba Museum, Tehran. Upon Saba's will in 1974, after his death, the faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran turned his private house into a museum.
ابوالحسن صبا (وفات ۱۳۳۶)
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Abolhassan Saba died at Tehran.
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• Illustration — 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, Habibollah Badiei, Rahmatollah Badiyi, Abbas Emadi, Ali Tajvidi, Mahmoud Tajbakhsh, Sassan Sepanta, Saeid Gharachorloo, Parviz Yahaghi, Dariush Safvat, Gholam-Hossein Banan, Parviz Tanavoli, Talieh Kamran and Hossein Tehrani. He died in 1957 and was buried in Tehran's Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery of Artists and Musicians.
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- 1.bbc.co.uk. BBC Persian.
- 2.زندگینامه: ابوالحسن صبا (1281-1336).
- 3.Iranian Music - Abolhasan Saba - Hipersia. hipersia.com.
- 4.Biography.
- 5.Porter, Venetia. A Life In Art. Nazar Pub. 2022. 9786001523489.
- 6.هنرمندان - طلیعه کامران :: تجسمی آنلاین. www.tajasomionline.ir.
- 7.Iran Chamber Society: Iranian Music: Abolhasan Saba. www.iranchamber.com.
- 8.Manager. Museum of Abolhasan Saba – Tehran. travital.com.
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