Francisco Salvador-Daniel
Francisco Salvador-Daniel (born February 17, 1831 in Bourges , † May 24, 1871 in Paris ) was a French composer and ethnomusicologist of Spanish origin.
Life
His father Salvador Daniel was a musician with Jewish roots who had fled to France. After training at the Paris Conservatory , he taught the violin in Algiers in 1853 . He translated North African songs into French and adapted the music for European instruments. On his return to Paris in 1865 he became a music critic in Henri Rochefort's satirical magazine La Lanterne , which appeared from May 1868.
During the Paris Commune , after Daniel Auber's death (May 12, 1871), he was appointed director of the Conservatory and was finally executed by government troops during the “ bloody week of May ” ( May 21-28 , 1871) Taken from his apartment in the rue Jacob by an officer on May 8, led to the corner with the rue Bonaparte, and shot there as a member of the commune.
Works
- Musique et instruments de musique du Maghreb , La Boîte à documents, 1986, ISBN 2-906164-00-3
- La musique arabe, ses rapports avec la musique grecque et le chant grégorien , Algiers, Adolphe Jourdan, 1879 online
- The Music and musical instruments of the Arab: with introduction on how to appreciate Arab music , by Francesco Salvador-Daniel, edited with notes, memoir, bibliography and thirty examples and illustrations, by Henry George Farmer , traduction de: La musique arabe, ses rapports avec la musique grecque et le chant grégorien , London, W. Reeves, 1914
- Cours de plain-chant, dédié aux élèves-maîtres des écoles normales primaires , par Salvador Daniel (père et fils), Paris, P. Dupont, 1864
literature
- Daniel Bernard: Un musicien de la commune. Le Figaro , June 26, 1871, page 2 online .
- Stefano AE Leoni: L'Orientalismo eclettico di Francisco Salvador-Daniel, musicista, ricercatore e comunardo: una prima ricognizione. In: Studi Urbinati 81, 2011, pp. 289-302.
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Francisco Salvador-Daniel in the International Music Score Library Project
- "Mélodie mauresque" by SalvadorDaniel interpreted by Amel Brahim-Djelloul ( [1] )
- Francisco Salvador Daniel, musicien et communard, at "La commune de Paris"
Remarks
- ↑ A detailed report on the death of Salvador-Daniel can be found in Figaro of June 25, 1871, page 2
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salvador-Daniel, Francisco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and ethnomusicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bourges |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1871 |
| Place of death | Paris |