Siegfried Salomon (3 August 1885 – 29 October 1962) was a

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composer. Salomon was born in

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. In 1899 he entered the Conservatory in Leipzig and studied there for four years. He also spent some time in

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studying with

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. From 1903 he worked as an

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cellist and

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and appeared as a soloist in Copenhagen, Paris and Stockholm. His greatest success as a composer and conductor was with the

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''Leonora Christina'' which premiered at

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in 1926. The opera was successful due to its use of popular style and the performance of the soprano Tenna Frederiksen Kraft in the title role. His output includes two other operas, ''Duen og slangen'' (''Doves and Serpents''; 1925) and ''Dronning Dagmar'' (''Queen Dagmar''; 1928). Among his other works is a Violin Concerto in g, opus 26 from 1916, a cello concerto in D minor, and a piano concerto in A minor. He died in his native city of Copenhagen.

Sources

*Danish Violin Concertos Vol 3 Danacord 465-466 Kai Laursen, Violin *Torben Schousboe. The '' New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), and *''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), {{DEFAULTSORT:Salomon, Siegfried 1885 births 1962 deaths 20th-century classical composers Danish classical composers Danish opera composers Danish male opera composers 20th-century Danish male musicians