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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, 1919
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1SACRATI—SÁGH
3separate from pf.); he also made a beginning with setting to music long poems requiring larger musical forms.—Cf. M. Friedländer, Das deutsche Lied im 18. Jahrhundert (2 vols.; Stuttgart, 1902).
5Sacra’ti, Francesco, d. Modena, May 20, 1650; in 1649 app. maestro to the court; one of the earliest Venetian dramatic composers, he wrote comic operas half a century before the Neapolitan school of 'opera buffa.'—Operas (almost all prod. at Venice): Delia [La sera sposa del sole] (1639), La finta pazza (1641), Bellerofonte (1642), Venere gelosa (Padua, 1643), Ulisse errante (1644), Proserpina rapita (1644), La Semiramide in India (1648), L'Isola d'Alcina (Bologna, 1648). 2 books of madrigals a 4 are lost.—Cf. H. Prunières, l'Opéra italien en France avant Lully (Paris, 1913).
7Saenger, Gustav, b. New York, May 31, 1865. St. violin with C. Richter, L. Meyer and Dr. L. Damrosch, and comp. with C. C. Müller in N. Y.; was vlnst. in the M. O. H., Symph. and Philh. orchs. until 1893, when he became asst.-cond. to W. Furst at the Empire Th., later succeeding him. In this position he had charge of the music for all the productions of Ch. Frohmann's companies; became connected in 1897 as arranger with the house of Carl Fischer, which duties made constantly increasing demands on his time, so that he resigned his position at the Empire Th. in 1909, to become confidential adviser and ed.-in-chief of all Fischer's publications. Since 1900 he has been editor of 'The Metronome,' and since 1904 also of 'The Musical Observer' (both publ. by C. Fischer). Besides a vast number of arrs., he has publ. comps. for vl. and pf. (op. 83, Concertino in G m.; op. 106, 5 Silhouettes; op. 129, 2 Concert Solos; op. 130, 3 Concert Miniatures; etc.); also a New School of Melody (op. 96).
9Saenger, Oscar, celebrated singing-master; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1868. Sang in church and concert as a boy; st. under J. Bouhy at the Natl. Cons. in N. Y., and taught there from 1889–97; made his début as operatic baritone with the Hinrichs Grand Opera Co. in 1891; sang next year in Germany and Austria; since then he has devoted himself entirely to teaching. Many of his pupils have appeared at the M. O. H. (Mme. Rappold, Jacoby, de Pasquale, Robeson, Garrison, Warrum, Curtis, Henri Scott, Paul Althouse, Allan Hinckley, etc.); others have made a reputation on the concert-stage (Florence Hinkle, Christine Miller, Mildred Potter, Marie von Essen, etc.). In 1909 Rudolf Berger, a favorite bar. of the R. Opera in Berlin, created a sensation, when, after a year's study with S., he reappeared in Berlin as Lohengrin; from that time on he sang only tenor parts.
11Saerchinger [zär'yhing-er], César, born Aix-la-Chapelle, Oct. 23, 1884. While attending the Realschule at Halle he st. music with Karl Zehler and singing with his mother (a pupil of G. B. Lamperti at the Dresden Cons.); cont. his studies in New York with del Papa (pf.) and B. Lambord (theory) from 1902–6. Wrote biogs. of musicians for 'The National Cyclop. of Amer. Biogr.' (1906–9) and the new ed. of Appleton's 'Cyclop. of Amer. Biogr.' (1911–12); mus. ed. of 'The International,' 1913–14; since 1916 do. of 'Current Opinion'; was managing ed. and contributor to 'The Art of Music' (14 vols., 1914–17). In 1913 he founded with Benjamin Lambord the 'Modern Music Society' for the production of modern chamber-music and choral works with orch., especially by American composers. Has publ. The International Who's Who in Music (1918); is now engaged on The Opera Since Wagner.
13Safo’nov, Vassily Ilyitch, b. Itsyursk, n. Tertersk, Caucasus, Feb. 6, 1852; d. Kislovodsk, Caucasus, Mar. 13, 1918. From 1878–80 pupil of Zaremba (theory) and Leschetizky and Brassin (pf.) in the Imp. Cons., Petrograd. Made his début as pianist with the Imp. Russian Music Soc. in Petrograd (Nov. 22, 1880); from 1881–5 he was a teacher of pf. at the Petrograd Cons.; from 1885, teacher at, and from 1889–1905 Director of, the Moscow Cons. (two of his pupils have won the Rubinstein prize: Jos. Lhévinne in 1895 and Alex. Gödecke in 1900). From 1885–1905 he cond. the symph. concerts of the Imp. Russian Music Soc. in Moscow; his fame as cond. brought him invitations to direct concerts (chiefly of Russian music) in almost all the capitals of Europe; from 1907 he visited England every year as cond. of important festivals, the Philh. Soc., New Symph. Orch., etc. In 1904 he was invited by the N. Y. Philh. Soc. and received with enthusiasm at his first concert (Mar. 5); invited again the following season, and eng. as regular cond. for 3 seasons (1906–9); at the same time he also was dir. of the Natl. Cons. in N. Y. After his return to Russia he was app. permanent cond. of the Imp. Russ. Mus. Soc. in Petrograd. He never used a bâton, but conveyed his intentions to the players by his hands; a man of striking personality and magnetism, an admirable interpreter of Russian music. He publ. A New Formula for the Piano-Teacher and the Piano-Student (London, 1916).
15Ságh, Joseph, b. Pest, March 13, 1852. Pupil (later son-in-law) of K. Abrányi. Publ. an Hungarian dictionary of musicians (1877).
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