Books › Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1919 › scan 886
Scan 886
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1919
24 lines. Read by computer on 11 September 2026. Printed page 8. See the scan on archive.org.
1in Stuttgart. In 1888 she sang Eva in Bayreuth; during 1888–9 and 1904–5 she was a member of the M. O. H. In 1895 she married the actor Alexander Senger, dir. of the Stadtth. in Bremen; after his death (Feb. 24, 1902) she married Rudolf Klein, an engineer. She received the title of 'Kgl. Kammersängerin' from the king of Bavaria in 1897, and from the king of Württemberg in 1910. Her chief rôles are Donna Anna, Fidelio, Carmen, Undine, Senta, Elisabeth, Elsa, Eva, Freia, Sieglinde, Isolde and the 3 Brünnhildes.
3Senilov [sā'-], Vladimir Alexeievitch, b. Viatka, July 27, 1875. Upon the advice of Rimsky-Korsakov he abandoned the study of law, and from 1895–1901 was a private pupil in comp. of H. Riemann in Leipzig, also attending the latter's lectures at the Univ.; cont. his studies until 1906 at the Petrograd Cons. under Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov; since then living in Petrograd as dir. of a private music-school.—Works: The operas (not yet prod.) Georgy tchestny [George the Brave], Vassily Buslaiev and Hippolytus; a symphony in D; the symph. poems Dikie gusy [Wild Geese], Mtsyri [The Circassian Boy], Pan, and Skify [The Scythians]; an overture, Oseniu [In Autumn]; Poème for vcl. and orch.; 2 str.-quartets (B♭, F); Maits, suite for sop. and orch.; choruses for men's and women's vcs. with orch.; pf.-pcs. and songs; also arrs. of Russian folk-songs.
5Sen'krah [recte Hark'nes], Arma Leoretta, b. New York, June 6, 1864; d. (by suicide) Weimar, Sept. 5, 1900. 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 from 1882. Married Herr Hoffmann, a Weimar lawyer, in 1888.
7Serafi'no, Santo, celebrated violin-maker at Venice, 1730–45. His instrs., 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 instrs. 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.
11Séré, Octave. See Poueigh.
13Sérieux [sā-r'yö'], (Jean-Marie-Charles-) Auguste, born Amiens, June 14, 1865. St. harmony with A. Barthe and cpt. with A. Gédalge; ent. the 'Schola Cantorum' in 1896, and from 1897–1907 studied comp. with d'Indy. He has written a vl.-sonata in G, La Voie lactée, for solo voice and orch.; pieces for pf. and for organ; author of Les trois états de la tonalité (1909) and Vincent d'Indy (1914); contrib. to 'S. I. M.,' 'Tribune de St.-Gervais,' 'Courrier Musical,' etc.
15Se'ring [zā'-], Friedrich Wilhelm, b. Fürstenwalde, n. Frankfort-on-Oder, Nov. 26, 1822; d. Hanover, Nov. 5, 1901. From 1871 head-teacher in the Seminary at Strassburg, where he organized a Gesangverein.—Publ. works: Oratorio, Christi Einzug in Jerusalem (op. 32); Advent cantata; Psalm 72 f. mixed ch. w. pf.; male choruses (the Hohenzollernlied); a Gesanglehre für Volkschulen; Die Choralfiguration, theoretisch-praktisch; and an elementary violin-method.
17Serov, Alexander. See Sierov.
19Serpette [sěhr-pěht'], (Henri-Charles-Antoine-) Gaston, b. Nantes, Nov. 4, 1846; d. Paris, Nov. 3, 1904. Pupil of Ambr. Thomas at the Paris Cons. 1868–71, taking the 1st Grand prix de Rome with his cantata Jeanne d'Arc. From 1874, when his first stage-piece, the 3-act opera-bouffe La Branche cassée, was prod. at the Bouffes-Parisiens, he brought out some 30 operettas and similar light dramatic works, among them Cendrillonette (1890), La dot de Brigitte (1895), and Le Carillon (1896).
21Serra'o, Paolo, b. Filadelfia, Catanzaro, in 1830; d. Naples, March, 1907. Pupil, at the Naples Cons., of Lanza, Parisi, Conti and Mercadante. From 1863, prof. of composition at the Naples Cons.; very successful as a teacher, most of the recent eminent Neapolitan conductors being his pupils. 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, Leonora de' Bardi; 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 also composed an oratorio, Gli Ortonesi 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.
23Serrano y Ruiz [sěhr-rah'no ē roo-ēth'], Emilio, b. Victoria, Spain, Mar. 13, 1850. Court pianist to the Infanta Isabella; prof.
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.