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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1(début as Parsifal, Nov. 26, 1914); his contract was suspended in 1917. Later settled in Berlin. Has publ. many songs.
3Sem'brich [zěhm'briyh], Marcella [real name Praxede Marcelline Kochanska; Sembrich was her mother's maiden-name], operatic soprano (coloratura) and Liedersinger; b. Wisniewczyk, Galicia, Feb. 15, 1858; d. New York, Jan. 11, 1935. From the age of 4 her father, Kasimir Kochanski, a musician, gave her pf.-lessons; violin-lessons were soon added. At 10 she appeared in public as a performer on both instruments. In 1869 her father sent her to the Lemberg Cons., where she remained 4 years, studying pf. with W. Stengel and vln. with Brustermann, also singing in the Cons. chorus. In 1874 she played and sang for Liszt, who urged her to train her voice. From 1875-6 she st. singing with Viktor Rokitansky in Vienna, then went to Milan, chiefly to learn Italian, but also took singing-lessons from G. B. Lamperti, Jr., for 8 months. On May 5, 1877, she married her former teacher, W. Stengel (b. Lemberg, Aug. 7, 1846; d. New York, May 15, 1917), and with him went to Athens, where she made her operatic début on June 3, 1877, as Elvira in Bellini's Puritani; after singing there for 2 months, she returned to Vienna, and st. the German répertoire with Richard Lewy. From 1878-80 she sang at Dresden. London début (Lucia) on June 12, 1880, and sang there for the next 5 seasons; Amer. début (in the same rôle) at the M. O. H., Oct. 24, 1883. She spent the summer of 1884 in further study with Francesco Lamperti in Milan. Thereafter she sang at the principal opera-houses of Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Scandinavia and Russia until 1898, then becoming a regular member of the M. O. H. Until her retirement (1909), she sang during the winter in the U. S. and during the summer in Austria. Her farewell appearance in opera was at the M. O. H., Feb. 6, 1909. She never attempted Wagner (nor the later Verdi), save the one rôle admirably suited to her voice, Eva. Of her 40 operatic rôles, Violetta was the favorite. She sang in concerts until 1924, then taught at the Curtis Inst., Phila., and the Juilliard School, N. Y.—Cf. G. Armin, M. S. und Herr Prof. Jul. Hey (Leipzig, 1898).
5Senallié (or Senaillé) [sěh-năh-l'yā'], Jean Baptiste, b. Paris, Nov. 23, 1687; d. there, Oct. 8 (15?), 1730. Member of the '24 violons du roi'; publ. 50 vln.-sonatas with basso continuo, in 5 books (1710-27); modern reprints by G. Jensen (2 sonatas) and Alard (one sonata).—Cf. L. de La Laurencie, L'école française de violon, I, p. 165 ff. (1922); A. Moser, Geschichte des Violinspiels (Berlin, 1923; p. 179).
7Senart [sěh-nahr'], Maurice, French music-publisher; b. Paris, Jan. 29, 1878. In 1908 he founded a music-publishing business at Paris, in partnership with Roudanez; 1912, became sole head of the firm, which bears his name. Publ. the coll. 'Maîtres musiciens de la Renaissance française' (Expert), etc.; also works of many modern French composers.
9Senesi'no, Francesco [real name Bernardi; called S. after his birthplace], male soprano; b. Siena, 1680; d. after 1739. Sang in 1719 at the court th. in Dresden, where Handel heard him and eng. him for London; his first appearance there in Buononcini's Astarto (Nov., 1720) caused a sensation, and for 15 consecutive seasons he was the idol of the public, creating the principal parts in all the operas by Handel produced during that period; after a quarrel with H. in 1733 he and the Cuzzoni were eng. by the rival company, the 'Opera of the Nobility' under Porpora. In 1735 he returned to Siena; in 1739 he was living in Florence.
11Senff, Bartholf (Wilhelm), editor and music-publisher; b. Friedrichshall, n. Coburg, Sept. 2, 1815; d. Badenweiler, June 25, 1900. As a young man he entered Kistner's music-publ. house in Leipzig, advancing to be managing clerk; here he began publishing the 'Signale für die musikalische Welt' (from Jan. 1, 1843), of which he was also editor until his death. He founded his own business Nov. 1, 1847. Early in the '60's he became Anton Rubinstein's publisher. His catalogue shows original publications of works by Liszt, Schumann, Raff, Reinecke, Franz, Jensen, Kirchner, Bruch, von Bülow, Sarasate, etc.—His niece, Fräulein Marie Senff, managed the business until 1907, when she sold both the firm and the 'Signale' to N. Simrock of Berlin.
13Senfl (or Senffl, Senfel) [zěhnfl], Ludwig, b. Zürich, ca. 1490. From 1496 he was a chorister in the court chapel of Maximilian I, and a pupil there of Isaac. He was app. court-composer in 1515. After the Emperor's death he went to Augsburg (1520), and in Nov. 1523 became Kapellm. at the Bavarian court chapel in Munich, still holding that position about 1540. He died between Dec. 2, 1542 and Aug. 10, 1543. There is extant a letter written to S. by Martin Luther, dated Coburg, Oct. 4, 1530, containing high praise of the composer.—Publ. works: [address hidden] nostri Hiesu Christi [motets a 4] (1526); Magnificat 8 tonorum 2-5 voc. (1537); Varia carminum genera, quibus tum Horatius … [4 vcs.] (1534); [address hidden] from this last-named coll. are in P. Hofhaymer's Harmonie poeticae (1539); also single comps. in colls. of the period (cf. Eitner's Bibliographie and vol. IV of the 'Gesellschaft für Musikfor-
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