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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1schung'). The Magnificats and a selection of 12 motets were publ. by Th. Kroyer in vol. III, 2, of 'D. T. B.' Many MSS. (sacred and secular vocal comps.) are in the Munich Library. Some songs have been publ. in Jöde's Chorbuch, and in 'D. d. T.', 34 (ed. by J. Wolf); Weltliche Lieder for 4-part mixed chor. were publ. by W. Schuh (Zürich, 1929); motets are in Schering's Gesch. d. Musik in Beispielen, Nos. 74, 84–86. [address hidden] were ed. by E. Löhrer and O. Ursprung for the 'Reichsdenkmale deutscher Musik' (Leipzig, 1936), and also for vol. I of the complete works of S., undertaken by the 'Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft' (Basel, 1937); vol. II, Part I, of this ed. (Deutsche Lieder, 4–6 vcs., ed. by Geiring and Altwegg) appeared in 1938.—Cf. Th. Kroyer, L. S. und sein Motettenstil (Munich, 1902); H. J. Moser, Instrumentalismen bei L. S., in 'J. Wolf-Festschrift' (1929); id., Der Altmünchner Tonmeister L. S., in 'Süddt. Monatshefte', p. 531 ff. (1930).
3Senger-Bettaque [zěhng'ér běh-tahk'], Katharina, dramatic soprano; born Berlin, Aug. 2, 1862. At an early age she became a member of the ballet at the R. Opera in Berlin; later vocal pupil of Heinrich Dorn; début at Kroll's Th. (Berlin, 1879), and soon after appeared at the R. Opera as Agathe; 1880–2, in Mayence; 1883–4, in Leipzig; 1884–8, in Rotterdam; 1888–92, in Bremen; 1893–5, at the Stadtth. in Hamburg; 1895–1906 at the Hofoper and the Prinzregententh. in Munich; then in Stuttgart. She also sang in Bayreuth; during 1888–9 and 1904–5 she was a member of the M. O. H. She received the title of 'Kgl. Kammersängerin' from the king of Bavaria in 1897, and from the king of Württemberg in 1910.
5Senilov [sā'-], Vladimir Alexeievitch, b. Viatka, July 27, 1875; died Petrograd, Sept. 18, 1918. 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 St. Petersburg Cons. under Glazounov and Rimsky-Korsakov; then lived in St. Petersburg as dir. of a private music-school.—Works: Symphony in D; the symph. poems Wild Geese, The Circassian Boy, Pan, and The Scythians; 2 str.-quartets (B♭, F); choruses for men's and women's vcs. with orch.; pf.-pcs. and songs; arrs. of Russian folk-songs; 3 operas (in MS.); etc.
7Serafin, Tullio, conductor; b. Rottanova di Cavarzere, Venice, Dec. 8, 1878; st. at Milan Cons.; played vla. in the orch. of La Scala, and in 1900 made his début as cond. at the T. Communale, Ferrara; then cond. at Turin (1903), at the Augusteo in Rome (1906), at La Scala, Milan (1909), and at the T. Colón, Buenos Aires. From 1924–35 he cond. at the M. O. H., then returned to Italy and became artistic dir. of the T. Reale in Rome. Guest-cond. of the Philadelphia Symph. Orch., 1929–30; also cond. opera in London (Covent Garden), Madrid, Paris, etc.
9Serafi'no, Santo, violin-maker at Venice, flourished ca. 1680–1750. 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 (or Giorgio) worked about the same period.
11Seras'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 Su gli organi. Lettere (1816). The catalogue publ. in 1852 by his sons, Carlo and Giuseppe, shows a total of 654 organs constructed.
13Séré, Octave. See POUÉIGH.
15Sérieyx [sā-rē-ěks'], Auguste, composer; b. Amiens, June 14, 1865; pupil of Barthe (harm.) and Gédalge (cpt.), then of d'Indy (comp.) at the Schola Cantorum (from 1897), where from 1900–14 he was teacher of comp.; collaborated with d'Indy in the latter's monumental Cours de Composition (3 vols., 1897–1933). Author of Les trios états de la tonalité (1909), and Vincent d'Indy (1914). His comps. include La Voie lactée for solo voice and orch.; the cantata Salvete cedri libani; masses and motets; sonata for vln. and pf.; pieces for pf. and for org.; songs.
17Serkin, Rudolf, pianist; b. Eger (Cheb), Bohemia, March 28, 1903 (of Russian parentage). In Vienna he st. with R. Robert (pf.), and J. Marx and A. Schönberg (comp.); début with Vienna Symph. Orch. in 1915; began his concert-career in 1920. Has appeared frequently in joint recital with the violinist Adolf Busch (whose daughter he married); made his first Amer. appearance with Busch at a Coolidge Fest. in 1934; soloist with the N. Y. Philh. under Toscanini in 1935; since then has made annual tours in the U. S. 1939, app. to faculty of Curtis Inst., Phila.
19Sermisy [-mē-sē'], Claude de (or Claudin), b. ca. 1490; d. 1562. French composer;
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