Carlos Salzedo (né Charles Moise Léon Salzedo à Arcachon le 6 Avril 1865, mort à Waterville, Maine, USA, le 17 Août 1961) était un compositeur et harpiste français.
Il a commencé ses études au Conservatoire de Bordeaux, les poursuivit à Paris, où il obtient son diplôme de piano et de harpe en 1901. Il est apparu en public à cinq ans, âge auquel il a donné son premier récital de piano, qu'il changea plus tard pour la harpe. En 1903, il a joué dans la région métropolitaine de New York, accompagné par Toscanini. Il y a déménagé en 1909, où à plusieurs reprises il incorpora les grands orchestres américains, avec qui, à son tour, il a fait plusieurs tournées en Europe.
Après un premier mariage avec Viola Gramm, chanteuse et pianiste, il a épousé la harpiste américaine Lucile Lawrence, avec laquelle il a joué en duo. Il a fondé la revue Eoliennes, consacré à la diffusion et à l'étude musicologique de la harpe.
Il était vice-président de la Société internationale pour la musique contemporaine en 1923. Il a fondé la section harpe du Curtis Institute de Philadelphie (1924). Il a écrit de nombreuses pièces pour son l'instrument, y compris les études poétiques, des variations, des fantaisies, des transcriptions, etc, le poème symphonique îles enchantées et un manuel:. Étude moderne de la harpe.
Oeuvres
Compositions for Cello, Flute, Piano, Trombone, Voice
(many early works were published by Costallat, but have apparently vanished)
Berceuse for Cello and Piano, opus 72 (1907)
Caprice Scherzando for Cello and Piano (1908)
Invocation for Cello and Piano (1908)
Bolminerie for 7 harfen (1910)
Piece Concertante for Trombone and Piano, opus 27 (1910)
Rivalite de Fleurs for Voice and Piano, opus 25 (1911)
Four Choruses in Old Sonata Form for 3 mens voices/choir and harp, organ or piano (1914)
Sonate for harfe and klavier (1925)
Prelude to Olaf Bolm for Piano (1926)
Pentacle for 2 harfen (1928)
Breaking in the New Year for Piano (1935)
Offrian for Cello (1951)
Volute and Rondel for Flute (1951)
Marya Freund for Piano (1956)
Enigme for Piano (1960)
Original Compositions for Harp (alone or with other harps, and other instruments or voice)
Ballade op. 28 (1910)(later revised) (Trois Morceaux no. 1)
Paraphrase (Cadenza) for Liszt's Second Rhapsody (a solo or a cadenza for orchestral performance)(1910) (Schirmer/Lyra)
Jeux d'Eau op. 29 (1911) (Trois Morceaux no. 2)
Variations sur un theme dans le style ancien op. 30 (1911)(Trois Morceaux no. 3) (Leduc) (a later edition revised by Salzedo was published by Lyon & Healy)
Chanson Chagrine (1914) (Lyra)
Five Preludes for Harp Alone (1917) (Carl Fischer) (in performance order) (original title: Pentarhythmie)
Lamentation
Quietude
Iridescence
Introspection
Whirlwind
Five Preludes on the name of Olga (refers to Olga Samaroff-Stokowski) (1917)
Embryon
Eveil
Fete au village
Hallucinations
Fraicheur (Schirmer)
The Enchanted Isle, a tone poem for Harp and Orchestra (1918) (Lyra)
Bolmimerie, for seven-harp ensemble (1918)
Brise Marine, for soprano, oboe, horn, bassoon, six harps (1918)
Modern Study of the Harp: Tone Colors, Five Poetical Studies for Harp Alone (1919) (Schirmer)
"(Flight)"
"(Mirage)"
"(Inquietude)"
"(Idyllic Poem)"
"(Communion")
Poems of Sara Yarrow, for soprano, oboe, horn, bassoon, six harps (1919)
Ecstasy
Despair
Humility
Preludes Intimes (1919) (Boosey & Hawkes)
tenderly emoted
dreamingly
profoundly peaceful
in self-communion
procession-like
Burlesque-Sentimental (1920)
Five Sketches on Friends of Mine (1920)
Kyra Alanova
Dane Rudhyar
Edith Sullivan
Sara Yarrow
Edgard Varèse
Four Preludes to the Afternoon of a Telephone, for harp duo (1921)
Audubon 530
Plaza 4570
Prospect 7272
Riverside 4937
Poem of the Little Stars (1921) (Lyra)
Recessional (1921) (Lyra)
Sonata for Harp and Piano (1922) (Society for the Publication of American Music, Lyra)
Four Pieces for the Modern Irish Harp (1924)
Sarabande variee
Bi-tonal jig
Pavloviana
Prelude Nocturne
Three Poems of Stephane Mallarme, for soprano, harp, piano (1924)
Las de l'amer repos ou ma paresse offense
Feuillet d'album (soprano solo)
Une dentell s'abolit
Nocturne to Ursula, for oboe (1925)
Concerto for Harp and Seven Wind Instruments, harp, fl/picc, cl A, ob, hn, bsn, trp C (1926) (Lyra)(three movements)
Preludes for Beginners, harp, published in Method for the Harp (1927) (Schirmer) (No titles for I-XI)
XII Fanfare
XIII Cortege
XIV La Desirade
XV Chanson dans la nuit
Pentacle, suite for harp duo (1928) (FC)
Steel
Serenade
Felines
Catacombs
Pantomime
Preambule et Jeux, harp solo, fl, ob, bsn, str quintet (one movement)
Prelude Fatidique, harp solo (1930) (Schirmer, Lyra---published with Suite of Eight Dances)
Prelude in the Nature of an Octave Study (editor's title) (1930) (Lyra)
Untitled work, harp, brasses, strings (1930)
Musique des Troubadours, soprano, harp, viola d'amore, viola da gamba (1931)
Triptic Dance, harp duo or trio (1931) (Lyra) (published as a transcription from Pierre Beauchant, a pseudonym)
Short Stories in Music, harp (1934) Series I and II (Elkan-Vogel)
The Dwarf and the Giant
The Kitten and the Limping Dog
Rocking Horse
On Donkeyback
Raindrops
Madonna and Child
Memories of a Clock
Night Breeze, harp solo or ensemble
On Stilts
Pirouetting Music Box
Behind the Barracks
At Church
Goldfish
The Mermaid's Chimes
Skipping Rope
Scintillation (1936) (Elkan-Vogel)
Tiny Tales for Harpist Beginners, two series (1936) (Elkan-Vogel)
In Hoop-Skirts
The Little Princess and the Dancing Master
A Little Orphan in the Snow
Lullaby for a Doll
The Cloister at Twilight
A Mysterious Blue Light
Funeral Procession of a Tin Soldier
The Chimes in the Steeple
A Lost Kitten
Pagoda of the Dragon
Panorama Suite (1937)
Noon
Moonset
Expectation
The Birth of the Morning Star
Waltz
Vieni, Vieni (1938) (a suite of harp solos)
Sketches for Harpist Beginners, two series (1942) (Elkan-Vogel)
Rock Me, Mommy
Imitation
Echo
Huntsman's Horn
Lost in the Mist
Hurdy-Gurdy
Poor Doggy
Tuneful Snuff-Box
Pagan Rite
Beethoven at School
The Organist's First Steps
A Young Violinist
Falling Leaves
Royal Trumpeters
A Lonely Bell
Baby on the Swing
Mourners
On the Tight Rope
Pierrot is Sad
Choral
Second Harp parts for Short Stories in Music (1942)
Behind the Barracks
Memories of a Clock
On Donkey-Back
Rain Drops
Night Breeze
The Mermaid's Chimes
Skipping Rope
Tiny Tales for Harpist Beginners, second series (Elkan-Vogel)
Processional
The Clock-Maker's Shop
Winter Night
The Dandy
Chimes
Little Soldiers
Mysterious Forest
Little Jacques
Grandmother's Memories
Frere Jacques
The Art of Modulating (1943)(Schirmer)
Lullaby
Reverie
Carillon
Grandmother's Spinning Wheel
Florentine Music Box
Petite Valse
Suite of Eight Dances (1943) (Schirmer) dedicated to Lucile Lawrence
Gavotte
Menuet
Polka
Siciliana
Bolero
Seguidilla
Tango
Rumba
Mimi Suite (1946)
Mimi
Awakening
Incandescence
Obsession (harp or piano)
Wedding Presents (1946–52)
Garlanded Chimes
Vers l'Inconnu
In the Valley
In the Month of Maie
Shadow of a Shade
Idee-fixe
Desir
Interlude for the Theatre
Vision
Carol-Paul
Cadenza (and editing) for the Berezowsky Concerto for Harp (1947) (Elkan-Vogel)
Prelude for a Drama (1948) (M. Baron)
Diptych, Two Pieces for the Right Hand Alone (1950) : Reflection, Interference
Conditioning Exercises (1951) (Schirmer)
Mardi-Gras Patrol for harp ensemble
Conflict (in Pathfinder for the Harp, Peer)
Elyze (1952)
Second Concerto for Harp and Orchestra 1953-1961(Lyra), also known as Symphonic Suite (dialog for harp and orchestra)
Chanson dans la Nuit, second harp part (Schirmer)
Rumba and Tango (Suite of Eight Dances) second harp parts (Schirmer)
Original Paraphrases, Arrangements for the harp
Annie Laurie
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Blink to me only with one eye
Christmas Music:
Concert Variations on Adeste Fideles
Deck the Halls
Good King Wenceslaus
O Tannenbaum
Silent Night
Concert Paraphrase on I Wonder as I Wander
Jingle Bells
Deep River
Diatonic Variations on The Carnival of Venice
Dixie Parade
Jolly Piper
Londonderry Air
Paraphrases on Christmas Carols:
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away in a Manger
Away in a Manger (to the tune of Flow Gently, Sweet Afton)
The First Noel
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear**
O Little Town of Bethlehem
We Three Kings of Orient Are
What Child is This (Greensleeves)
Short Fantasies on
A Basque Carol
A Catalan Carol
A Neapolitan Carol
A Noel Provençale
Song of the Volga Boatman
The Last Rose of Summer
Traipsin’ thru Arkansaw
Turkey Strut
Two New Wedding Marches: Coronation March from La Prophete, Meyerbeer ; March of the Priests from Alceste, Gluck
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