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FELIX ADRIAN NORMAN SALMOND (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, 19 NOVEMBER, 1888 – NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, 20 FEBRUARY, 1952)

 

 

 

 

Felix Adrian Norman Salmond was born into a family of professional musicians on November 18, 1888 at St George’s, Hanover Square, an Anglican church in central London. His father was David Norman Salmond (a baritone) and his mother was Adelaide Cecilia Salmond (a pianist who had been a student of Clara Schumann).

He began his formal music training under the tutelage of William Whitehouse at age 12. At age 16, he received a scholarship to study with Whitehouse in London at the Royal Academy of Music. At age 19, Salmond went to the Brussels Conservatoire where he spent two years with Édouard Jacobs.

Salmond appeared with many orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Queen’s Hall Orchestra, and the Hallé Orchestra. Salmond played Frank Bridge’s Fantasy Trio in C minor and Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor at his concert debut in 1908 at Wigmore Hall (known at the time of this writing as Bechstein Hall) where he was joined by Bridge (the composer of the Fantasy Trio) on viola, his mother on the piano, and Maurice Sons on the violin.

Salmond premiered Edward Elgar’s String Quartet in E minor and Piano Quintet in A minor at the Wigmore Hall on May 21, 1919. Five months later, on October 26, 1919, he premiered Elgar’s Cello Conerto in E minor with the London Symphony at the Queen’s Hall.

Salmond made his U.S. solo debut on March 29, 1922 in New York City at the Aeolian Hall. Among many notable performances, he performed a piano trio in 1924 with violinist Efrem Zimbalist and pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski at Carnegie Hall.

He moved to the United States and was appointed to the Juilliard School of Music’s faculty in 1924. He also played in a piano quartet with Harold Bauer, Bronisław Huberman and Lionel Tertis during tours around the country. He was appointed director of the cello faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in 1925, serving in that capacity until 1942. He was still employed at Juilliard at the time of his registration for the United States draft in 1942 during World War II.

A highly respected teacher in the United States, Salmond’s pupils included Orlando Cole, Bernard Greenhouse, Suzette Forgues Halasz, Channing Robbins, Leonard Rose, Daniel Saidenberg, and Alan Shulman among others. Cole, Rose, and Robbins became highly influential teachers in their own rights, going on to teach Yo-Yo Ma and Lynn Harrell among others.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (Grieg) Allegro agitato (first part) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L2137 W98345

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (Grieg) Allegro agitato (second part) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L2137 W98346

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (Grieg) [a] Allegro agitato (concl.) [b] Andante molto tranquillo (part 1) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L2138 W98347

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (Grieg) [a] Andante molto tranquillo (concl.) [b] Adagio [c] Allegro [d] Allegro molto mercato (part 1) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L2138 W98348

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (Grieg) (Allegro molto mercato (second part) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L2139 W98349

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (Grieg) (Allegro molto mercato (third part) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L2139 W98350

Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (Grieg) (Allegro molto mercato (concl.)  Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L2140 W98351

7 variations on a theme by Mozart (Beethoven) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia W146386

Abendlied Op. 85 No. 12 (Schumann) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 1975-D W148610

Après un rêve Op. 7 No. 1 (Fauré) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2045-M W143182

Cello Concerto No. 1, Op .14, II. Cantilena. Andante (Goltermann) Harry Kaufman (piano) Columbia W150394 2249-D

Cello Sonata in G Major II. Allegro (Sammartini) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2095-D W148601

Cello Sonata in G Minor Op. 65 B. 160 III. Largo (Chopin) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 169-M W146391

Gavotte in D Major Op. 23 No. 2 (Popper) Columbia 50156-D W98553

Goyescas: Intermezzo (Granados) Columbia 50269-D W98692

Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor BWV 1056 II. Arioso (Bach) Harry Kaufman (piano) Columbia 50269-D W98690

Berceuse (Fauré) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 169-M W146390

In the Silence of the Secret Night Op. 4 No. 3 (Rachmaninoff) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2095-D W148602

Mélodie in C-Sharp Minor H. 99 (Bridge) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 50156-D W98660

Petite Suite L. 65 III. Menuet (Debussy) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 1975-D W148609

Sérénade espagnole Op. 20 No. 2 (Glazunov) Columbia 7117-M W98234

To a Wild Rose Op. 51 No. 1 (MacDowell) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2050-M W144065

Träumerei Op. 15 No. 7 (Schumann) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2045-M W143183

Violin Sonata in G Major II. Villanelle (Pianelli) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 7117-M W98241

Jocelyn Op. 100 Oh! ne t’éveille pas encore (Godard) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2050-M W144066

Kol Nidrei (Bruch) Columbia L 2271 98550, 98551

L’Arlésienne – Incidental Music, Op. 23, Adagio (Bizet) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2054-M W143184

Le Cygne (The Swan) (Saint-Saëns) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 7107-M W98242

Londonderry Air (An Irish melody – arr. Connor-Morris) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 7107-M W98240

Nina-Siciliana (Pergolesi) Harry Kaufman (piano) Columbia 2249-D W150395

Serenade (Pierné) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 2054-M W144032

Sonata In A For Cello & Piano Op. 69 No. 1, pt1 Allegro ma non tanto (first Part) (Beethoven) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L1935 W98207

Sonata In A For Cello & Piano Op. 69 No. 1, pt2 Allegro ma non tanto (continued) (Beethoven) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L1935 W98208

Sonata In A For Cello & Piano Op. 69 No. 1, pt3 Allegro ma non tanto (concluded) Scherzo – Allegro molto (first part) (Beethoven) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L1936 W98209

Sonata In A For Cello & Piano Op. 69 No. 1, pt4 Scherzo – Allegro molto (concluded) Adagio Cantabile (Beethoven) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L1936 W98210

Sonata In A For Cello & Piano Op. 69 No. 1, pt5 Scherzo – Allegro vivace (first part) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L1937 W98225

Sonata In A For Cello & Piano Op. 69 No. 1, pt6 Allegro vivace (concluded) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia L1937 W98239

To the Spring Op. 43 No. 6 (Grieg) Simeon Rumschinsky (piano) Columbia 67363-D W98401

Trio op. 99 D.898 (Schubert) Allegro moderato with Jelly d’ Arányi (violin) and Myra Hess (piano) Columbia 9509-12 W 98414, W 98415

Trio op. 99 D.898 (Schubert) Andante un poco mosso with Jelly d’ Arányi (violin) and Myra Hess (piano) Columbia 9510 W 98416, W 98417

Trio op. 99 D.898 (Schubert) Scherzo allegro + trio with Jelly d’ Arányi (violin) and Myra Hess (piano) Columbia 9511 W 98418 W 98419

Trio op. 99 D.898 (Schubert) Rondo allegro vivace – presto with Jelly d’ Arányi (violin) and Myra Hess (piano) Columbia 9512 W 98420, W 98421

 

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Cradle song (Cui) Vocalion R-6050 01661

Gavotte No. 2 (Popper) Vocalion D-02010

Serenade (Bridge) Vocalion R-6018

Sonata in E flat Op. 19 – slow mvt. (Rachmaninoff) Vocalion D02068 01945

Träumerei Op. 15 No. 7 (Schumann) Vocalion R-6050 01454