GATA ISKHAKI

GATA ISKHAKI (real name Iskhakov Ataulla Kamaletdinovich; 11.8.1835–12.12. 1942), folklorist, teacher, musicologist. He collected Tatar folk songs and fairy tales. Compiler of the collection “Music notebook” (1913; 1917, co-authored with V. Sultanov). One of the develop­ ers of the technique of playing the mandolin.