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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1linck's complete works (12 vols.), A. van Noordt's Tabulaturboek (vol. XIX), C. Boskoop's Psalmen Davids (vol. XXII); and a coll. of old music under the title Organum (from 1924). Has also ed. many works by Bach and Handel for modern concert-perf.
3Seiss [zīs], Isidor (Wilhelm), b. Dresden, Dec. 23, 1840; d. Cologne, Sept. 25, 1905. Pianist, pupil of Fr. Wieck and J. Otto, also of Hauptmann at Leipzig. From 1871, pf.-teacher at Cologne Cons.; Professor, 1878. Conducted the concerts of the 'Musikalische Gesellschaft' until 1900.—He comp. pf.-pieces and studies (op. 10, Studies in bravura, etc.).
5Séjan [sā-zhāhn], Nicolas, b. Paris, Mar. 19, 1745; d. there, Mar. 16, 1819. Organist, pupil of Forqueray. Org. of St.-André-des-Arts in 1760, of Notre-Dame in 1772, of St.-Sulpice in 1783; in 1789, of the royal chapel, and teacher at the 'École royale de chant.' Lost his posts in the Revolution, but in 1807 became org. at the Invalides, and in 1814 of the royal chapel.—Publ. 6 violin-sonatas, pf.-sonatas, 3 pf.-trios, and music for pf. and organ.—Cf. C. Bouvet, N. S. et G.-F. Couperin, organistes de l'Opéra, in 'Musique et Théâtre' (1926).
7Sekles [zēh'klēs], Bernhard, born Frankfurt-on-Main, June 20, 1872; d. there, Dec. 15, 1934. Pupil of Uzielli, Knorr and Scholz at Hoch's Cons.; 1893–4, Kapellm. in Heidelberg; 1894–5, do. in Mayence; from 1896 prof. of theory at Hoch's Cons., of which he was dir., 1924–33. He comp. a symph. poem, Aus den Gärten der Semiramis; Serenade for 11 solo instrs.; Kleine Suite for orch.; Passacaglia und Fuge for str.-quartet; fem. choruses; men's choruses; many songs; an opera, Schahrazade (Mannheim, 1917), etc. Also publ. Musikdiktat (1905).
9Selby, Bertram Luard, b. Ightham, Kent, Engl., Feb. 12, 1853; d. Rochester, Jan., 1919. Pupil of Reinecke and Jadassohn at the Leipzig Cons. Organist of Salisbury Cath., 1881–3; of St. Barnabas, Pimlico, London, 1886–1900; thereafter at Rochester Cath.—Works: 2 operas; church-music; part-songs; songs; chamber-mus.; organ-sonatas; etc.
11Selby, William, organist and composer; b. in England, 1738; d. Boston, 1798. He came to the U. S. about 1771, and in 1774 was org. at Trinity Church at Newport, R. I.; from 1777 org. at King's Chapel, Boston. He kept a grocery store and was also active as performer, teacher, concert-manager and composer (songs, anthems, instrl. pieces [titles in Sonneck, Bibliography of Early Amer. Secular Music]).
13Selle, Thomas, b. Zörbig, Saxony, Mar. 23, 1599; d. Hamburg, July 2, 1663. From 1625 rector, and from 1634 cantor, at Itzehoe; from 1641 cantor at the Johanneum and mus. dir. of the five principal churches at Hamburg. He publ. sacred and secular songs (including settings of poems by Rist), and left in MS. numerous madrigals, motets, concerts and Passions.—Cf. A. Arnheim, T. S. als Schulkantor in Itzehoe und Hamburg, in 'Liliencron-Festschrift' (1910); H. J. Moser, Aus der Frühgeschichte der deutschen Generalbass-passion, in 'Jahrb. Peters' (1920); L. Krüger, Die Hamburgische Musikorganisation im 17. Jahrh. (1933; p. 64 ff.).
15Sel'mer, Johan Peter, b. Christiania, Norway, Jan. 20, 1844; d. Venice, July 22, 1910. At first a law-student; he studied music from 1868–70 under Thomas at the Paris Cons., and from 1871–3 under Paul and Richter at the Leipzig Cons., receiving a stipend from the Norwegian Parliament in 1879. From 1883–6, conductor of the Christiania Philharm. concerts; from then until his death he lived chiefly abroad, devoting his entire time to comp. Among Norwegian composers, he was a pioneer in the field of program-music.—Works: For orch.: Op. 4, Scène funèbre; op. 11, Nordischer Festzug; op. 31, Finnländische Festklänge; op. 32, Karneval in Flandern; op. 35, In den Bergen, suite; op. 50, Prometheus, symph. poem. Also vocal works with orch.; numerous songs; men's choruses a capp.; arrs. of folk-melodies.—Cf. P. Merkel, Der norwegische Komponist J. S. Ein Lebensbild (Leipzig, 1904); also 'Rheinische Musik- und Theaterzeitung', XXIX, Nos. 7–8 (1928; with catalog of S.'s works).
17Selva, Blanche, pianist; b. Brive, France, Jan. 29, 1884. Pupil of the Paris Cons. and later of d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum, where she taught pf. from 1901–22; then taught successively at the Cons. of Strasbourg, Prague and Barcelona. Concertized from the age of 13. She was the first to play Albéniz's Iberia Suite. Author of pedagogic works: La Sonate (Paris, 1913); L'enseignement musical de la technique du piano, 3 vols.; Les Sonates de Beethoven [for pf., and for pf. and vln.] (Barcelona, 1927); also a book on Déodat de Séverac (Paris, 1930).
19Sembach [zēhm'bāh], (recte Semfke), Johannes, dramatic tenor; b. Berlin, Mar. 9, 1881. Pupil of F. Schmidt, then of A. Heinemann and N. Rothmühl at Stern's Cons. After singing in operetta, he was engaged by Mahler for the Vienna Opera in 1903; while there he st. the literature of the Lied with G. Walter. From 1907–13 he sang at the Dresden Opera, obtaining leave of absence to st. with J. de Reszke in Paris, 1911–12. In 1910 he made his début at Covent Garden, and reappeared there in 1914, after resigning from the Dresden Opera. In that year he was engaged by Gatti-Casazza for the M. O. H.
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