Josip Sabo, of Hungarian origin (Szabo), was born somewhere around 1900, perhaps in Vojvodina or Hungary. Sabo is a very interesting artistic figure between the two world wars. A self-taught musician, he played several instruments: guitar, mandolin, tambura. He also played in many popular orchestras, and traveled around the country as a musician and circus acrobat. From 1930 to 1952 he was also active as a music teacher in Sarajevo, arranging, transcribing and composing many short didactic pieces, still very popular among Yugoslav guitarists today.
(Uros Dojcinovic: Guitar Compositions from Yugoslavia. Vol.I, 2002)