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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1900
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1sikalische Welt," edited by himself with great tact and acumen.
3Senfl (or Senffl, Senfel), Ludwig, eminent contrapunctist; b. Basel-Augst, 1492; d. Munich about 1555. Pupil and successor of Heinrich Isaak, the Kapellm. ("symphonista regis") of the Imperial Chapel. Some time after the death of Maximilian I. he became court cond. at Munich.—Publ. works: "5 Salutationes Domini nostri Hiesu Christi," motets a 4 (1526); "Magnificat 8 tonorum" a 4–5 (1532); "Varia carminum genera, quibus tum Horatius tum alii," a 4 (1534). 8 Odes are in P. Hofhaimer's "Harmoniae poeticae" (1539); single comp.s in coll.s of the period (cf. Eitner's "Bibliographie," also Vol. iv of the "Gesellschaft für Musikforschung"). Many MSS. in the Munich Library.
5Sen'krah, recte Hark'nes, Arma Leoretta, b. New York, June 6, 1864. Excellent violinist, pupil of Arno Hilf at Leipzig, Wieniawski at Brussels, and of Massart at the Paris Cons., 1881, winning 1st prize; very successful concert-tours since 1882. Married Herr Hoffmann, a Weimar lawyer, in 1888.
7Serafi'no, Santo, celebrated violin-maker at Venice, 1730–45. His instr.s, after models by Stainer and Amati, are very valuable; they bear the label "Sanctus Seraphin Utinensis fecit Venetijs, Anno 17—".—His nephew Gregorio worked about the same period.
9Seras'si, celebrated Italian family of organ-builders at Bergamo. The founder of the business was Giuseppe (il vecchio), b. Gordano, 1694; d. Crema, 1760. His son Andrea Luigi, b. 1725, carried on the work till his death in 1799; he built the cathedral-organs at Crema, Parma, and Fossano.—Giuseppe (il giovane), b. Bergamo, Nov. 16, 1750; d. there May 13, 1817, upheld the fame of the firm, and built many organs in Lombardy; his catalogue of 1815 enumerates 345 instr.s. He also publ. a description of the new organ at Como (1808), with a short history of the organ, and good rules for registration, and a pamphlet "Sugli organi. Lettere" (1816). The catalogue publ. in 1852 by his sons, Carlo and Giuseppe, shows a total of 654 organs constructed.
11Se'ring, Friedrich Wilhelm, b. Fürstenwalde, n. Frankfort-on-Oder, Nov. 26, 1822; from 1871 head-teacher in the Seminary at Strassburg, where he organized a Gesangverein.—Publ. works: Oratorio Christi Einzug in Jerusalem; Advent cantata; Psalm 72 f. mixed ch. w. pf.; male choruses (the "Hohenzollern-lied"); a "Gesanglehre für Volksschulen"; "Die Choralfiguration, theoretisch-praktisch"; and an elementary violin-method.
13Sermisy, Claude de, called Claudin [not CLAUDIN LEJEUNE], from about 1530–60 m. de chap. to François I. and Henri II. of France.—Publ. "Missae III 4 voc." (1583); other masses, motets, and chansons are in the coll.s of Attaignant, Duchemin, of Berg and Neuber ("Thesaurus musicus"), and of Gardane ("Motetti del frutto" and "Canzoni francesi").
15Se'rov [Sje'roff], Alexander Nikolajevitch, b. St. Petersburg, May 11, 1820; d. there Jan. 20 (O. S.), 1871. He had lessons in cello-playing from Carl Schuberth, but was a lawyer by profession, and held a government office in the Crimea when, in 1850, he turned wholly to music, beginning as a critic of advanced views, and an adherent of Wagner; he twice attempted to establish a paper; and publ. essays on Russian Folk-song in the "Moszkva" and the "Musical Season." After his début as a dramatic composer, in 1863, with the grand opera Judith, the Czar granted him a pension; his grand opera Rogneda (1865) had equal good fortune, and he commenced the composition of two other dramatic works, Taras Bulba and Wakula, the Smith, both of which, however, he left unfinished in his zeal to complete the opera Wrazyia siela ("The power of the enemy") in 5 acts; death overtook him while the fifth act was still incomplete (it was scored by Soloviev, and prod. Apr. 19, 1871, becoming extremely popular). S. followed Wagner's example in writing his own libretti; as a national composer he ranks next to Glinka in Russian estimation. He also comp. Schiller's Glocke, an Ave Maria (written 1868 for Adelina Patti), and a Stabat Mater. In 1865 he lectured at the Univ. of Moscow on mus. history; and in 1859 and 1864 at the Univ. of St. Petersburg on mus. theory and dramatic composition.
17Serpette, (Henri-Charles-Antoine-) Gaston, b. Nantes, Nov. 4, 1846. Pupil of Ambr. Thomas at the Paris Cons. 1868–71, taking the 1st Grand prix de Rome with his cantata Jeanne d'Arc. Since 1874, when his first stage-piece, the 3-act opera-bouffe La Branche cassée, was prod. at the Bouffes-Parisiens, he has brought out some 30 operettas and similar light dramatic works, among them Cendrillonette (1890), La dot de Brigitte (1895), and Le Carillon (1896).
19Serra'o, Paolo, b. Filadelfia, Catanzaro, in 1830. Pupil, at the Naples Cons., of Lanza, Parisi, Conti, and Mercadante, and wrote his first opera, L'Impostore, for the Teatro del Fondo in 1852, but political troubles prevented its production, and also that of a second; not until 1857 did he succeed in bringing out Pergolesi (at the same theatre), followed by La Duchessa di Guisa (1865) and Il Figliuol prodigo (1868). He has also composed an oratorio, Gli Orantesi in Scio; a Requiem; a funeral symphony, "Omaggio a Mercadante"; a mass, Magnificat, Te Deum, and "Le tre ore d'agonia," for chorus and orch.; an overture, pf.-pieces, etc. Since 1863, prof. of composition at the Naples Cons.
21Servais, Adrien-François, b. Hal, near Brussels, June 6, 1807; d. there Nov. 26, 1866. Remarkable violoncellist; pupil of his father,
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