Carlos Salzedo was a harpist, composer

Composer

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 and conductor, born in Arcachon

Arcachon

Arcachon is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.It is a popular bathing location on the Atlantic coast southwest of Bordeaux in the Landes forest...

, France

France

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, who was one of the musical elite of his time.

France

Carlos Salzedo was born Charles Moise Léon Salzedo on April 6, 1885 at 11:30 a.m., two months prematurely. Salzedo's parents, Isaac Gaston Salzedo and Thérèse Judith Anna Silva, he a fine singer, and she a fine pianist, residents of Ciboure, had been vacationing in Arcachon when Mme. Salzedo fell down a flight of stairs, causing the premature birth. Both parents were of ancient Sephardic families. Mme. Salzedo was a court pianist to Queen Maria Christina of Spain. Leon (Carlos) Salzedo played the piano for the Queen at the age of three; and she then dubbed him "my little Mozart."

Salzedo's mother died when he was just five. The family then moved to Bordeaux

Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

 and a Basque

Basque people

The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...

 woman, Marthe Bideberripe, was hired as a housekeeper-nurse-governess. Salzedo became deeply attached to her, later sending her checks

Cheque

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 throughout his life, and liked to think of himself as Basque. His later compositions perhaps reflect that in his habitual use of a five-beat meter, typical of the Basque dance, the Zortzico.

Leon (Carlos) began playing piano at the age of three, and wrote his first composition, a polka

Polka

The polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...

 called Moustique, which was published, at the age of five. Though lost, the theme reappeared in his later Polka in his Suite of Eight Dances. At six, he entered the St. Cecilia School of Music, where he won first prize in piano and solfège three years later, after which the family moved to Paris. Carlos entered the Paris Conservatoire at nine years old, where he again won prizes in piano (Descontes)and solfège (Schwartz). He continued his piano studies with Charles de Beriot, son of a renowned violinist and a piano pupil of Thalberg.

Salzedo's father, by then a well-known voice teacher, decided Carlos should take up a second instrument, and harp was chosen, because he was too weak to play a wind instrument and his older brother Marcel played violin. Beginners were not accepted at the Conservatoire, so Carlos took lessons from Marguerite Achard. After a few months, he had advanced enough that he was accepted as a pupil by Alphonse Hasselmans

Alphonse Hasselmans

Alphonse Hasselmans was a Belgian-born French harpist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Hasselmans was born in Liège, Belgium. He composed several dozen original solos for harp, of which his most famous is a concert étude entitled La Source , op. 44...

, professor of harp at the Conservatoire. After a year of study with Hasselmans, he entered the Conservatoire as a fully-fledged harp pupil at the age of thirteen. In 1901, at age sixteen, Salzedo won the premier prix in harp and piano on the same day, a feat unmatched before and since, and was awarded a Steinway grand piano. While a student, Salzedo free-lanced as second-harpist in the Concerts Lamoureux orchestra as well as the orchestras of the Olympia and the Folies-Bergere. Salzedo also studied composition while at the Conservatoire, ultimately winning great praise from the director, Gabriel Faure.

When Salzedo graduated, he was hired as a solo harpist, first harpist, and solo pianist at the New Casino in Biarritz under conductor/composer Luigini. The following winter he toured Europe with the Concerts Colonne orchestra, followed by solo appearances as pianist and harpist with that orchestra. He made his Paris debut at 18 as a harpist and pianist in 1903, at which time he changed his name to Carlos from Léon-Charles Moise. Also about this time, a stroke

Stroke

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 paralysed Gaston Salzedo, who handed over his position as synagogue music director to young Carlos. Salzedo also toured in solo performances around Europe, receiving glowing praise in the papers.

America, Marriage, and War

In 1909, Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. One of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and 20th century, he was renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory...

 invited Salzedo to play for the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...

 in New York

New York

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, and Carlos left France for America, without knowing any English. Salzedo was introduced at a soiree to Viola Gramm, a respected pianist and singer. She had studied in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. She became romantically involved with Salzedo, who gave her the nickname "Mimine." Together they traveled through the château

Château

A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...

 country of France in 1913, and were married on April 30, 1914. Salzedo wrote a wedding cantata

Cantata

A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....

 for the occasion, which was performed by his friends.

Salzedo had recently formed the "Trio de Lutèce", with Georges Barrère on flute and Paul Kéfer on cello, which toured extensively in the United States. The trio was scheduled to play in England, so Salzedo and Mimine took the opportunity to honeymoon in Europe; in England, they were introduced to various members of the nobility, and at one point, Salzedo played for the Princess of Battenberg

Battenberg

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. When World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 began, they moved to Menthon-Saint-Bernard

Menthon-Saint-Bernard

Menthon-Saint-Bernard is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-References:*...

 (in the Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes is one of the 27 regions of France, located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the Rhône River and the Alps mountain range. Its capital, Lyon, is the second-largest metropolitan area in France after Paris...

 region) hoping to spend time together, but Salzedo was drafted into the French Army.

Salzedo was made head cook for his infantry

Infantry

Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

 unit, and happened to be in the same unit as several painters and musicians. He had a sympathetic leader, and was able to organize them into a performing group that sang for soldiers and toured hospitals, for which he composed several songs. He even got an extended leave to see Mimine for his work, but when he returned, a new captain was in charge who did not permit the musical activities. Salzedo also became ill with pneumonia

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...

 and a form of paralysis

Paralysis

Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. A study conducted by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, suggests that about 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed...

, for which he was hospitalized for several months before being discharged from the army. In order to get passports (which had not been necessary in 1914) to leave France, Salzedo and Mimine had to prove their identities and marry a second time in Paris, in August 1915.

During this early period of his adult life, he was very active in musical high society and high society otherwise. He neighbored with the ultra-rich at Seal Harbor in Maine. He counted among his friends Edgard Varese

Edgard Varèse

Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse, , whose name was also spelled Edgar Varèse , was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States....

, Josef Hoffman, Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British-born, naturalised American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted.In America, Stokowski...

and Dane Rudhyar

Dane Rudhyar

Dane Rudhyar , born Daniel Chennevière, was an author, modernist composer and humanistic astrologer. He was the pioneer of modern transpersonal astrology.-Biography:...

. He was sought after for performance at social occasions where he could be quite the life of the party.

Return to America

On the Salzedos' return to the US in 1916, Carlos rejoined the Trio de Lutèce, but not the Metropolitan Opera, from which he had resigned in 1913. Salzedo and Mimine began spending summers in Seal Harbor, Maine, where Salzedo became friends with Vaslav Nijinsky, a Russian dancer with whom he developed a theory of esthetic gestures for the harp that later became part of the Salzedo method for the harp. In the Twenties, Salzedo and Mimine grew apart - she was spending more time in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

, and Carlos was spending more time with the increasing number of students who were coming to him for lessons. They had an amicable divorce in 1926, and in 1928, 42-year-old Salzedo married 21-year-old Lucile Lawrence, who had begun her studies with him ten years earlier and developed into a virtuosa in her own right. Salzedo had a very extensive performing schedule in these years, with tours by the Trio de Lutece, the Salzedo Harp Ensemble, and solo appearances. Lawrence served as first harp of the Salzedo Harp Ensemble, a high-profile group, and she also led her own Lawrence Harp Quintette on engagements too small for the Salzedo Harp Ensemble. Salzedo was involved in many arenas, including the burgeoning "new music" circles in New York, where he co-founded the International Composers Guild with Edgard Varese.
The Guild was the first group of its kind, and presented the most prominent European composers and others in concert, figures such as Ravel and Casella. This later led to the formation of the rival League of Composers, which was organized to support "American" composers, causing a rift in musical circles not healed for many years. Salzedo was in the forefront of artistic ideas, and social circles. He encountered Martha Graham as the roommate of a pupil, and seeing her genius, he brought all influence to bear on her being given a Rockefeller grant, that was instrumental in the development of her career. He toured with Adolf Bolm, the great dancer and choreographer as a conductor as well as composer. His compositions, performed by major orchestras, reflect a searching, creative mind, with much originality and a timeless freshness. His pieces have a great appeal that does not wane, and show off the harp as an imaginative, eloquent instrument of great drama, and poetry, as well as abstract qualities, and virtuoso display. Salzedo led many fund-raising efforts, raising considerable amounts for the wartime relief of France, to buy a pipe organ

Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...

 in Seal Harbor, with matching funds from John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller was an American oil industrialist, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of...

, and notably, another was to help Vladimir Nijinsky escape to safe asylum in Switzerland.

Performances

He appeared regularly as a soloist

Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 with orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra

Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...

, on tour as a recitalist, harp ensemble leader and flute-harp-cello trio member. His activity in the 1920s alone was astonishing in its energy, and he was a celebrity as well. He was compared to Wanda Landowska

Wanda Landowska

Wanda Landowska was a Polish harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century...

 by no less a critic than Virgil Thomson

Virgil Thomson

Virgil Thomson was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music...

, as a pioneer and as a fascinating performer.

He was different in introducing historical music as well as the new, featuring French baroque music

Baroque music

Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...

 extensively on his programs. His performing season would typically include a solo recital; tours with his Trio de Lutece or B-S-B trio (Barrere-Salzedo-Britt), Salzedo Harp Ensemble, and later his Salzedo Concert Ensemble, as well as appearances with orchestras. He was a sought-after teacher as well, privately in New York, and at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he maintained a large department until 1961.

He performed with the major orchestras as a soloist in the Chorale and Variations by Widor, his own tone poem The Enchanted Isle, premiered in America the Introduction and Allegro

Introduction and Allegro (Ravel)

Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet was written by Maurice Ravel in 1905...

of Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel

Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...

, the Handel Concerto, the Mozart Concerto for flute and harp, the Triple Concerto by Wagenaar (commissioned by the Trio de Lutece) and the Concerto by Norman Dello Joio for which he contributed the cadenza, as he also did for the Concerto for Harp by Nicolai Berezowsky. His own Concerto for Harp and Seven Winds was introduced by Lucile Lawrence and Lily Laskine, and his Second Concerto was premiered for his 1985 centennial by Jennifer Hoult with the American Chamber Orchestra. (The orchestrations were completed by Robert Russell Bennett with a grant from the Alice Ditson Fund, and stolen immediately after the performance, as yet not recovered.)

Legacy

Salzedo is well-considered history's great harpist. He was as highly regarded as a pianist and conductor by his colleagues as he was by harpists. Recordings he made evidence an unparalleled virtuosity, with a signature style of clarity, facility, articulation, and subtle phrasing. His transcriptions and compositions are quite original. He was a progressive spirit, seeking new resources in the harp

Harp

The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...

, inspiring and creating new works and creating new styles of music. His composing progressed from French Romantic

Romantic music

Romantic music or music in the Romantic Period is a musicological and artistic term referring to a particular period, theory, compositional practice, and canon in Western music history, from 1810 to 1900....

 to Impressionist

Impressionist music

Impressionism in music was a tendency in European classical music, mainly in France, which appeared in the late nineteenth century and continued into the middle of the twentieth century. Similarly to its precursor in the visual arts, musical impressionism focuses on a suggestion and an atmosphere...

 to a new style uniquely his own. Many harpists objected to his innovations, provoking a backlash that continues into present times, yet his influences and contributions remain definite. While a few harpists have equaled his virtuosity, Heidi Lehwalder, Alice Giles, neither is a composer as well, nor conductor. As a teacher, he was a Moses leading his people into a new world. He raised standards of strength, facility, quality, and thus his students were widely sought-after for positions of influence.

He influenced many composers with his new ideas for the harp's sounds and notation. They are reflected in such signature works as the Concerto for Harp by Alberto Ginastera, the Serenade no. 10 and Parable by Vincent Persichetti, the Suite for Harp and Chamber Orchestra by Harry Somers, Divertissement by Wallingford Riegger, the Divertissements by Andre Caplet and many other works.

His artistic ideas led to the designs of two harps still manufactured by Lyon & Healy, the art-nouveau style 11 and the art deco Salzedo model. The Salzedo model harp is based on the number 5, his favorite number, and has five stripes of each color on the sounding board, five sections of the base, five parts in the column, etc., for striking effect. Salzedo harp Style 11

He founded the harp program at Curtis Institute, and the Salzedo Harp Colony in Camden, Maine

Camden, Maine

Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,254 at the 2000 census. The population of the town more than triples during the summer months, due to tourists and summer residents. Camden is a famous summer colony in the Mid-Coast region of Maine...

 with Lucile Lawrence, and served early on the faculty of New York's Institute of Musical Art (later known as Juilliard). He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron

Delta Omicron

Delta Omicron is a co-ed international professional music honors fraternity whose mission is to promote and support excellence in music and musicianship.-History:...

, an international professional music fraternity.

Salzedo's students number in the hundreds. Many are deceased, several are currently performing in symphony orchestras, including the Philadelphia, Milwaukee, New Jersey, Santa Fe Opera Orchestras, and teaching at conservatories and universities.

He died on August 17, 1961, in Waterville, Maine

Waterville, Maine

Waterville is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States, on the west bank of the Kennebec River. The population was 15,722 at the 2010 census. Home to Colby College and Thomas College, Waterville is the regional commercial, medical and cultural center....

, at the age of 76.

Technique books

The Art of Modulating Carlos Salzedo with Lucile Lawrence (Schirmer) text and music

Conditioning Exercises Carlos Salzedo (Schirmer)

The Harpist's Daily Dozen (Schirmer, Lyra)

Method for the Harp Lawrence / Salzedo (Schirmer) music, text by Lawrence

Modern Study of the Harp Carlos Salzedo (Schirmer) music and text

Pathfinder to the Harp, containing Pathfinder Studies Lawrence / Salzedo (Peer-Southern) only contributed music for "Conflict" according to Lucile Lawrence.

Compositions

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)
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)
Prelude to Olaf Bolm for Piano (1926)
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)
[edit] 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 showpiece or cadenza for orchestral performance)(1910) (Schirmer/Lyra)
Jeux d'Eau (1911) (Trois Morceaux no. 2)
Variations sur un theme dans le style ancien (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) (to be performed in this order) (original title: Pentarhythmie)
Lamentation
Quietude
Iridescence
Introspection
Whirlwind
Five Preludes on the name of 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: 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 Varese
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)
[edit] Original Paraphrases, Arrangements for the harpAnnie Laurie
Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Blink to me only with one eye
Concert Variations on:
Adeste Fideles
Deck the Halls
Good King Wenceslaus
O Tannenbaum
Silent Night
Deep River
Diatonic Variations on The Carnival of Venice
Dixie Parade
I Wonder as I Wander
Jingle Bells
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 Provencale
Song of the Volga Boatman
The Last Rose of Summer
Traipsin’ thru Arkansaw
Turkey Strut
Two New Wedding Marches: Meyerbeer, Gluck
The Suite of Eight Dances edition by Lyon & Healy is not the same as the original, hence not authentic.

[edit] Transcriptions of works by other Composers (for harp alone unless otherwise indicated)Albeniz:
La Fete-Dieu a Seville (orchestra part created for Leopold Stokowski)
Bach, J.S.:
Bourree (Schirmer/Lyra)
Polonaise et Badinerie (flute and harp) (Lyra)
Sixth French Suite (harp duo or ensemble) (Lyra)
Beethoven:
Adagio from Moonlight Sonata (Schirmer)
Boccherini:
Sonata in A Major (flute, cello, harp)
Brahms:
Lullaby (Elkan-Vogel)
Waltz in A-flat (Carl Fischer)
Cady:
Oriental Dance (harp duo)
Candeille:
La Provencale (Tambourin) (harp quartet)
Corelli:
Giga (Solos for the Harp Player, Schirmer)
Couperin:
Concerts Royaux (flute, harp, cello)
Sarabande
Dandrieu:
Le Caquet (harp duo)
Play of the Winds (harp duo) (Lyra)
Daquin:
L'Hirondelle (harp duo)
Debussy:
Ballade II from Trois Ballades de Francois Villon (voice and harp duo)
Children's Corner Suite (harp, flute, cello) (Lyra)
Clair de Lune (harp solo) (Schirmer)
Clair de Lune (harp duo) (Southern)
Danseuses de Delphes (harp duo)
En Bateau (Lyra)
First Arabesque (Solos for the Harp Player, Schirmer)
La Cathedrale Engloutie for harp ensemble (published as harp duo)
La Danse de Puck (7-harp ensemble)
La fille aux cheveux de lin (Lyra)
Les Cloches (soprano and harp duo)
Les Ingenues (soprano and harp duo)
Voiles (harp duo)
De Falla:
Seven Popular Spanish Songs (voice and harp duo) (American Harp Society edition)
various works collected and titled by Salzedo as Suite Espagnole (flute, cello and harp duo)
Dahlgren:
The Maid and I (soprano and harp duo)
Donizetti:
Cadenza and solo from Lucia di Lammermoor (Elkan-Vogel)
Durand:
Chaconne (Solos for the Harp Player, Schirmer)
Duparc:
Invitation au Voyage (soprano and harp duo)
Dvorak:
Humoresque (harp solo—C. Fischer, or duo)
Enescu:
Sept Chansons de Clement Marot (soprano and harp duo)
Faure:
Dolly Suite (flute, harp, cello)
Gluck:
Gavotte from Armide (Lyra)
Gavotte from Iphigenia in Aulis (Lyra)
March of the Priests from Alceste (Lyra)
Granados:
Spanish Dance no. 5 (harp duo) (Southern)
Grieg:
A Vision (soprano and harp duo)
Springtide (soprano and harp duo)
Guion:
Alley Tunes—Three Scenes from the South (flute, harp, cello)
Handel:
Concerto for Harp in B-flat, edited extensively and original cadenza (Schirmer) in modern style, also edited in period style in ms.
Concerto for Oboe and harp
Largo (C. Fischer)
Largo (fl/vln/vla, cello, harp)
Sonata in D (flute, cello, harp or harp duo)
The Harmonious Blacksmith (Elkan-Vogel)
Haydn:
Theme and Variations (edited)
Hue:
Jeune Chansons sur des vieux airs (soprano and harp duo)
Kjerulf:
Ingrid's Song (soprano and harp duo)
Lara:
Concert Fantasy on Granada (Southern)
Lie:
Snow (soprano and harp duo)
Locatelli:
Trio Sonata (flute, harp, cello)
Lotti:
Sonata in G Major (flute, harp, cello)
Malotte:
The Lord's Prayer (Schirmer)
Marcello:
Toccata in C Minor (7-harp ensemble)
Martini:
Gavotte (harp duo) (Lyra)
Massenet:
Meditation from Thais (violin and harp) (Baron)
Menuet d'Amour from Therese (Heugel)
Mendelssohn:
On Wings of Song (harp duo) (Lyra)
Spinning Song (harp duo) (Lyra)
Spring Song (Schirmer)
Sweet Remembrance (Songs Without Words, no. 1) (Fischer)
Wedding March (Elkan-Vogel)
Meyerbeer:
Coronation March from Le Prophete (Elkan-Vogel)
Mozart:
Concerto for flute and harp, edited and revised orchestration, edited cadenzas by Reinecke (Southern)
Nin:
Granadina (cello and harp) (Lyra)
Offenbach:
Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman (Fischer)
Pescetti:
Sonata in C Minor (Schirmer/Lyra/Colin)
Prokofieff:
Prelude in C Major (Leeds/Lyra)
Rameau:
Gavotte from Le Temple de la Gloire (Schirmer/Lyra)
La Loyeuse (harp duo) (Lyra)
Les Sauvages (harp duo)
Menuet Chantee (soprano and harp duo)
Rigaudon and
Tambourin (Solos for the Harp Player) (Schirmer)
Rameau: Pieces de Clavecin en Concert, Suites I and II (flute, harp, cello)
Ravel:
A la maniere de Faure, Chabrier, Borodin (flute, harp, cello)
Cinq Melodies Grecque (voice and harp) (Lyra)
Piece en forme de Habanera (solo instrument or voice and harp) (Lyra)
Prelude (Durand)
Sainte (voice and harp)
Sonatine (as Sonatine en Trio) (flute harp and cello) (Lyra)
Rimsky-Korsakoff:
Revised Cadenza for Capriccio Espagnole (ABC of Harp Playing, Schirmer)
Rubenstein:
Melody in F (Fischer)
Saint-Amans:
Ninette a la cour (harp duo)
Saint-Saens:
The Swan (violin or cello and harp (Schirmer)
Scarlatti:
The Cat's Fugue (harp duo)
Sierching:
Sylvelin (soprano and harp duo)
Telemann:
Sonata in F (flute/recorder, harp, cello) (Lyra)
Tchaikovsky:
Cadenza for the Nutcracker (Lyra)
Thomas:
Cadenza for Mignon (Lyra)
Valensin:
Menuet from Symphony no. 1 (flute, harp, cello)
Wagner:
Magic Fire Music from Die Walkure for one or two harps (Leduc)
Wedding March from Lohengrin (Lyra)

Further reading

• From Aeolian to Thunder, a biography of Carlos Salzedo by Dewey Owens, published by Lyon & Healy 1992
• Pentacle, a biography of Carlos Salzedo by Marietta Bitter, preface by Saul Davis Zlatkovski, to be published by the American Harp Society 2010

External links

• Salzedo's biography
• Sara Manning's entry