Francisco Salvador-Daniel (
Bourges 17 February 1831 -
Paris 24 May 1871) was a French composer and
ethnomusicologist of Spanish origin.[1]
Biography
His father was a Spanish musician of Jewish origin who came to France as a refugee. After studies at the
Paris Conservatory of Music, Francisco Salvador-Daniel became a violin teacher at
Algiers in 1853. He transcribed and translated songs from
North Africa, and adapted them for western instruments. After his return to Paris, he was music critic for La Lanterne, the satirical magazine of
Henri Rochefort. During the
Commune of Paris, he became director of the Conservatoire and was executed by the "Versaillais" royalists during the final "Semaine sanglante" (Bloody Week) of the Commune.
Works
Musique et instruments de musique du Maghreb, La Boîte à documents, 1986 2-906164-00-3
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, translation of : La musique arabe, ses rapports avec la musique grecque et le chant grégorien, Londres, W. Reeves, 1914
La musique arabe, ses rapports avec la musique grecque et le chant grégorien, Alger, Adolphe Jourdan, 1879
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Cours de plain-chant, dédié aux élèves-maîtres des écoles normales primaires, by Salvador Daniel (father and son), Paris, P. Dupont, 1864
Recordings
5 songs in French on Amel chante la Méditerranée - Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano), Ensemble Amedyez, Rachid Brahim-Jelloul. AmeSon 2009
References
^Arlette Millard, Félicien David et l'aventure saint-simonienne en Orient, Paris, les Presses franciliennes, 2005, p93
ISBN2-9520091-6-3
Bibliography
Stefano A. E. Leoni, "L’Orientalismo eclettico di Francisco Salvador-Daniel, musicista, ricercatore e comunardo: una prima ricognizione", in Studi Urbinati 81, 2011, pp. 289–302