[custom_adv] Abol Hasan Sabā (April 15, 1902 – December 19, 1957) was a renowned composer, violinist, and setar player. [custom_adv] 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. [custom_adv] He studied several of and non 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. [custom_adv] Saba is considered one of most influential figures in traditional and instrumental Persian music. His first recording for radio was in 1927 when he played violin accompanying Iran's famous singer Ruhangis. [custom_adv] 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. [custom_adv] 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 and Hossein Tehrani. [custom_adv] He died in 1957 and was buried in Tehran's Zahir o-dowleh Cemetery of artists and musicians. [custom_adv] Saba is above all well known for his Violin and Setar despite he mastered many other instruments such as the Ney, the Tar, the Kamancheh and the Tombak. [custom_adv] Saba was a perfect instructor, both in theory and performance. His studens became among the greatest masteros of Iranian classical music. Students such as Tehrani (Tombak), Tajvidi (violin), Payvar (santur), Kassae (Ney), Dehlavi (composer). He passed away in 1957 and was buried in Zahiroddole cemetry of Tehran. [custom_adv] Before referring to the Violin, Saba studied Kamancheh under Hossein khan Esmaeil -zadeh. His first violin teacher was Hossein khan Hang Marin and in 1923 when Vaziri Higher School of Music was established he attended his violin classes. As it is quoted from Khaleghi, Vaziri must be known as the last violin instructor. Saba and Khaleghi were both the first students of Vaziri's music classes.