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'''Siegfried Saloman''' (born 2 October 1816 in [[Tønder]], [[Denmark]] – died on 22 July 1899 in [[Dalarö]], [[Sweden]]) was a Danish [[violin]]ist and [[composer]]. A contemporary of [[Franz Liszt]], he was a pupil of [[Johannes Frederik Fröhlich]], [[Holger Simon Paulli]], [[Frederik Thorkildsen Wexschall]] and [[Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann]], from whom he received violin-playing lessons. He toured extensively throughout Europe with the [[Sweden|Swedish]] opera singer [[Henriette Nissen-Saloman|Henriette Nissen]], to whom he was married in 1850.

In 1842, his nine booklets of romances and songs were published in Hamburg.<ref name=Cramer>{{cite web|last=Isidore Singer, Frank Cramer|title=Saloman, Siegfried|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=83&letter=S|publisher=The Jewish Encyclopedia|accessdateaccess-date=7 September 2011}}</ref>

Siegfried Saloman, born Solomon, was the son of the merchant Isaac Solomon (1782-1848) and Veilchen Geskel (1787-1836). He was the brother of the artist and the founder of the [[Gothenburg Museum of Art]], [[Geskel Saloman]] (1821-1902), and Nota Saloman (1823–85), who was a chief medical officer for the Danish army. Since his father's business was no longer doing so well, the family moved to [[Copenhagen]] in 1829. As early as a 12-year-old Siegfried Saloman already played the violin, so he continued his studies in Copenhagen under the guidance of J. P. E. Hartmann, among others. In 1838 he received a 3-year scholarship which he used to stay in [[Dessau]], where he studied music theory and composition with [[Friedrich Schneider]].<ref name=Cramer/> The last six months of the scholarship period he spent in [[Dresden]], where he continued his studies with [[Karol Lipiński]].<ref name=Runeberg>{{cite web|last=Dansk biografisk Lexikon|title=Saloman Siegfried|url=httphttps://runeberg.org/dbl/14/0578.html|pages=576–577|publisher=Projekt Runeberg|accessdateaccess-date=7 September 2011}}</ref>

He became a teacher in Copenhagen, [[Germany]] and [[St. Petersburg]], where he lived for a few years. Together with his wife, the Swedish [[opera]] singer Henriette Nissen, he made extensive concert tours in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|last=Giacomo Meyerbeer, [[Robert Letellier|Robert Ignatius Letellier]]|title=The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: The last years, 1857-1864|year=2004|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press|isbn=0-8386-3845-7|pages=108|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=GgwbQC2KVzMC&pg=PA108&dq=siegfried+salomon&hl=en&ei=eJVmTp-wAaaQ4gS60I2_Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=5&ved=0CEAQuwUwBA#v=onepage&q=siegfried%20salomon&f=false }}</ref> The couple were married in 1850 in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|last=Isidore Singer, Newell Dunbar|title=Nissen, Henriette|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=303&letter=N|publisher=The Jewish Encyclopedia|accessdateaccess-date=7 September 2011}}</ref> After his wife's death in 1879 he began living in [[Stockholm]].<ref name=Runeberg/>

His first songs ''Tordenskjold i Dynekilen'' and ''Diamantkorset'' had no success in Copenhagen, and his third ballad opera, ''Hjertet på prøve,'' was not well accepted either. Therefore, in 1847 he left Copenhagen and traveled to Germany where his ''Diamantkorset'' was well received in Berlin and Leipzig. In 1850 he was invited to [[Weimar]] by [[Franz Liszt]], where his comic opera ''Das Korps der Rache'' was written. His Stockholm years were particularly important in his career once several of his early works and a number of new ones were written.<ref name=Runeberg/> He died after a few years of infirmity contracted during a summer stay in the Swedish island of Dalarö.

*''Nuptial music and Wedding march,'' exclusively written by Siegfired, [[Conducting|kapellmeister]] for the [[King of Denmark]], for his son the Prince of Wales [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]]'s royal wedding ceremony with Princess [[Alexandra of Denmark]] on 10 March 1863.<ref>{{cite book|last=The London Review|title=The London review of politics, society, literature, art, & science, Volume 6|year=1863|publisher=J.K. Sharpe|page=260|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=CIBNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA260-IA3&dqq=siegfried+salomon&hlpg=en&ei=_5ZmToz6JsXk4QTBsN2jCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=bookPA260-preview-link&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQuwUwADgK#v=onepage&q=siegfried%20salomon&f=false}}IA3 {{OCLC|oclc=173878548}}</ref>

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[[Category:19th-century classical violinists]]