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Biographical dictionary of musicians, 1940
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1in 1508 he was app. 'clerc musicien' of the Sainte-Chapelle at Paris; soon after he became a singer in the king's private chapel, of which he was made 'sous-maître' in 1532 and first m. de chap. in 1547. He received a canonry at the Sainte-Chapelle in 1533. He accompanied François I to Italy in 1515 and to England in 1520. S. comp. chansons, motets and masses, which were printed in colls. of the time and frequently reprinted for a considerable period after his death, indicating a wide popularity. Attaingnant's 'Trente et un chansons' (1529), containing 11 songs by S., is found in H. Expert, 'Les Maîtres musiciens'; other modern reprints include 3 chansons in Eitner, 'Publikationen älterer prakt. u. theoret. Musikwerke', vol. 23 (Leipzig, 1899); 3 do. in Commer, 'Collectio operum musicorum', vol. 12; 2 do. in Bordes, 'Chansonnier du XIVe siècle'; 4 do. in Expert, 'Extraits des maîtres musiciens'.—Cf. O. Kade, Die ältere Passionskomposition (Gütersloh, 1893) [deals fully with S.'s Passion-music]; M. Brenet, Les musiciens de la Sainte-Chapelle du Palais (Paris, 1910).
3Se'rov [s'yěh'rōhv], Alexander Nikolaievitch, b. St. Petersburg, Jan. 23, 1820; d. there, Feb. 1, 1871. He had lessons in 'cello-playing from Carl Schuberth, but was a lawyer by profession, and held a government office in the Crimea when, in 1850, he turned wholly to music, beginning as a critic of advanced views, and an adherent of Wagner; he twice attempted to establish a paper; and publ. essays on Russian folk-song in the 'Moszkva' and the 'Musical Season.' In 1865 he lectured at the Univ. of Moscow on mus. history; and in 1859 and 1864 at the Univ. of St. Petersburg on mus. theory and dramatic composition. After his début as a dramatic composer, at St. Petersburg in 1863, with the grand opera Judith, the Czar granted him a pension; his grand opera Rognieda (1865) had equal good fortune, and he commenced the composition of the opera Vrazhia sila [The Power of the Enemy] in 5 acts; death overtook him while the fifth act was still incomplete (it was finished by his wife [see SEROVA] and scored by Soloviev, and prod. April 19, 1871, becoming extremely popular). Another opera, Notch pod rozhdestvo [Christmas Eve] did not progress beyond a first rough sketch, from which his wife arr. and publ. a Suite (1877). S. wrote his own libretti; as a national composer he ranks high in Russian estimation. He also comp. Schiller's Glocke, an Ave Maria (written 1868 for Adelina Patti), a Stabat Mater, incid. music to Nero, Danse cosaque for orch., several Little-Russian dances and an Ouverture d'une comédie for pf. (4 hands). A selection from his writings was publ. as Kriticheskiyi statyi (Critical Articles; 4 vols., St. Petersburg, 1892-5).—Cf. N. Findeisen, A. N. S. His Life and Work (Russian; St. Petersburg, 1900; 2d ed. 1904); id., Letters of A. N. S. to his sister S. N. Du Tour (Russian; St. Petersburg, 1896); O. v. Riesemann, Monographien zur russischen Musik, I (Munich, 1922); G. Abraham and M.D. Calvocoressi, Masters of Russian Music (N. Y., 1936).—See also under SEROVA.
5Serova [syěh'rōh-vāh], Valentina Semonovna [née Bergmann], wife of preceding; b. Moscow, 1846; d. 1927. [address hidden] pf. a short time with A. Rubinstein at the St. Petersburg Cons., she left to take up comp. with A. Serov, whom she married in 1867. She wrote the operas Uriel Akosta (Moscow, 1885) and Ilya Muromets (ib., 1899); publ. a number of minor pieces for pf.; completed and publ. her husband's posth. works; wrote criticisms and essays (some in collab. with her husband) for various journals; publ. Reminiscences (St. Petersburg, 1914).
7Serra'no (y Ruiz), Emilio, b. Vitoria, Spain, Mar. 13, 1850; d. Madrid, Apr. 9, 1939. St. at the Madrid Cons., where from 1870-1920 he was prof. of comp. and pf.; from 1895-8 dir. of the Royal Opera, Madrid; founded the symph. concerts of the Círculo de Bellas Artes; member of the R. Acad. de San Fernando. He comp. 5 operas, including Gonzalo de Córdoba [to his own text] (Madrid, 1888) and La Maja de rumbo (Buenos Aires, 1910); a pf.-concerto; the symph. poem La primera salida de Don Quixote; chamber-music; etc.
9Serra'o, Paolo, b. Filadelfia, Catanzaro, in 1830; d. Naples, March 17, 1907. St. at the Naples Cons., where from 1863 he was prof. of composition. In 1857 he brought out the opera Pergolesi, 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; an overture; pf.-pieces, etc.
11Serres, Louis (Arnal) de, composer and educator; b. Lyons, 1864; pupil of Taudou and Franck at the Paris Cons.; taught classes in lyric declamation, choral singing and chamber-music at the Schola Cantorum until 1935, when he became co-founder and dir. of the École César Franck. His comps. include Les heures claires for voice and orch.; Les caresses for orch.; choruses, motets and songs.
13Servais [sěhr-vā'], Adrien-François, b. Hal, near Brussels, June 6, 1807; d. there, Nov. 26, 1866. 'Cellist; pupil of his father, and later, at the Brussels Cons., of Platel. After playing 3 years in the theater-orch., he made his début as a concert-player at Paris, 1834, with brilliant success; played at the Philharm. Concerts in London, studied another year at home, and then toured the Conti-
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