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The American history and encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies, 1908
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1Salaman
2Salaman, Charles Kensington. 1814-1901.
3English pianist, composer, lecturer and writer. Was born in London. Salaman received his first instruction from his mother. From 1826 to 1831 he studied piano under Charles Neate, harmony under Dr. William Crotch and violoncello with Ely. After finishing his studies under these masters he went to Paris, to take lessons in piano from Henri Herz. He returned to London in 1831 and established himself as a teacher in that city, at the same time composing and appearing in concerts. He was also heard at Vienna, Munich and other cities on the Continent and resided for a time in Rome. Salaman played an important part in the musical life of London, was a member of the Royal Society of Musicians, associate of the Philharmonic Society, honorary member of the Academy of St. Cecilia at Rome and one of the founders of the Musical Society of London and aided in establishing the Musical Association in that city. He lectured on the history of the piano and the ancient keyed instruments, also on Handel, Beethoven and other famous composers. Mr. Salaman wrote a number of beautiful and original songs, notably his setting of I Arise From Dreams of Thee, after Shelley's poem. He also wrote a cantata; settings for psalms; overture for orchestra; a grand funeral march, written upon the death of Victor Hugo; anthems; part-songs; twelve voluntaries, and other sacred songs.
5Saldoni (säl-dō'-nē), Don Balthasar. 1807-1890.
6Eminent Spanish composer, teacher of singing and writer, who was born at Barcelona; studied there under Andrevi, and later was a pupil from 1818 to 1822 at the Monserrat Monastery. In 1829 Saldoni went to Madrid, and, upon the opening of the Conservatory the following year, was appointed to teach vocal art and solfeggio at that institution. In 1839 he studied the vocal method at the Paris Conservatory, and upon returning to Madrid the following year was made professor at the Conservatory. He composed the operas, Ipermestra, Boabdil, La Porte de Monaco; a symphony, A mia patria, for orchestra, military band and organ; masses; motets; cantatas; orchestra music; and considerable church-music, including a Stabat Mater, a Miserere, preludes, and hymns. Saldoni won his first successes with sacred compositions, but it was in the field of opera that he was at his best. His Spanish operettas, or zarzuelas, won great favor. He published several works on the subject of music and wrote a singing method, in which he expounded his system.
8Saléza (säl-ā-zä), Albert. 1865-
9Noted singer, who was born in Bruges, Belgium, and lived there until his twentieth year, when he went to study music at the Paris Conservatory. In 1888 Saléza won the first singing prize and the second opera prize and the same year made his operatic debut, at the Opéra Comique, as Mylio in Roi d'Ys. Saléza's voice is a pure and powerful tenor. He has a wide range of parts and is equally as popular in the United States as he is in Europe, having been heard here many times. In 1894 he created the role of Otello in Verdi's opera of that name. He has sung with success the roles of Faust, Rodolphe in La Bohème, Don José in Carmen, Jean in Le Prophète, Turridu in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Rhadames in Aïda. In Wagnerian opera he has been heard as Siegmund in Die Walküre. His greatest success has been as Romeo in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. Saléza visited the United States in 1898 and 1899. At Nice he created the role of Enéas in Berlioz's Prise de Troie, and sang the part of Richard in Salvayre's Richard III., also being heard as Matho in the first presentation of Salammbô at Brussels in 1890. Since 1892 he has been engaged at the Paris Opéra.
11Salieri (säl-ī-ā'-rē), Antonio. 1750-1825.
12Italian dramatic composer; extremely prolific and gifted; who was the great model of all German dramatic composers during the first quarter of the Nineteenth Century, and whose career was a long and successful one. He was a rival of Mozart, a friend and pupil of Gluck and the instructor of many musicians who afterward became famous, among them Franz Schubert. He was born at Legnano, in the Venetian territory, and was the son of a wealthy merchant. From his earliest youth he showed a decided bent for music,
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