Word: salzedo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When he sits down to help judge the world's first international harp competition in Jerusalem next week, U.S. Harpist Carlos Salzedo will face a difficult task. More than a few of the 50 competitors have studied under Salzedo and many are sure to play at least one of the master's compositions. It could be no other way. At 74, the sprightly Basque musician stands at the top of his art, a man who has spent a lifetime studying "the angels' instrument." teaching others to play and the world to enjoy its mellow music. Salzedo. says...
They met, as U.S. harpists do every year or so, to play under the direction of the most famed harpist of all, Carlos Salzedo. Dark, wizened and peppery at 70, Salzedo claims that most of the 9,000 harpists in the U.S. are his students, "grandstudents or great-grandstudents," i.e., his students' students taught them. When he sounds the call for a festival, all the harpists who can wangle invitations are eager to come. Explained one: "I always sound better when he's conducting." Looking over his ensemble last week, Salzedo snorted: "Unfortunately, men in this country...
...last week's concert, Oberlin College's Finney Chapel turned into a thrumming, humming place, where the music was sometimes strong and distinct (Bach, arranged for 20 harps), sometimes mysteriously vague (Debussy, arranged for five harps), sometimes murmurous like the sea (Salzedo's own Fraicheur, for 54 harps). When it was over, the audience applauded enthusiastically. One observer noted that even the older performers looked young. Harp Master Salzedo had the answer: "Most harpists are young or look young. I have known only one old harpist, and she was not good. Harp keeps them young...
...Most harpists in the U.S. are women, but the few men do pretty well: some are leading harpists in symphony orchestras, and the two top harp names are Juilliard's Marcel Grandjany and Salzedo himself...
...Salzedo Harp Colony, in Camden, Maine, where Harpist Carlos Salzedo teaches his technique to 38 men and women in an idyllic setting. Part of the curriculum: costume and deportment so that the performers may properly grace the stage when they play in symphony orchestras...