Salzedo, Carlos, 1885-1961

Location

Curtis main building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Location

Curtis main building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Location

Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Scope and Contents note

Subjects covered: audition in 1933 at the instigation of Maurice Sharp (the school could not finance tution due to the recession); his student years (1934-37); fellow students and faculty (particularly Fritz Reiner, William Kincaid, Marcel Tabuteau); current students; 75th birthday celebration; his teaching methods.

Scope and Contents The Salzedo collection includes a personal scrapbook, composition books, and printed materials documenting his achievements as a child prodigy in France, his education at the Bordeaux and Paris Conservatories, and his performance career after moving to the United States. In addition, there are scrapbooks kept by Salzedo while serving as President of the Annual National Harp Festival (1922-31), records of the Harp Department at the Curtis Institute of Music (1924-61), snapshots of personal,...

Abstract

Materials primarily related to Curtis and Curtis affiliated musicians; collected by Swenson while serving as assistant to the dean, 1924-1942

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence between Carlos Salzedo and Mary Green concerning Salzedo’s Harp Colony in Camden, Maine and include topics such as performances and teaching. There are also references to Elyse Yockey (Harp '52), a former student of Green’s, who attended the Camden Harp Colony in the summer of 1949 before being accepted to Curtis by Salzedo in 1950.

Scope and Contents Wanting under the National Association of Harpists to establish harp department at CIM, Grolle intending to have harp department but struggling to find appropriate teacher, recommending Miss Marie Miller, brochure for Marie Miller, Salzedo consenting to teach at CIM, terms are satisfactory, announcing 20 lessons as a minimum rather than a limit, student terms, length of lessons, announcement for Salzedo as new harp teacher, arranging teaching hours, pupils not yet enrolled and needed before...