Hector Salomon

Hector Salomon (29 May 1838, Strasbourg – 28 June 1906, Paris) was a French composer. He was one of the Chefs du chant at the Paris Opera.^[1]

Biography

Salomon received his musical training at the Imperial Conservatory of Paris from the age of 12. He was a student of Augustin Savard in music theory, of Émile Jonas and Antoine François Marmontel in piano, of François Bazin in harmony, and of Fromental Halévy in composition.^[2]

After completing his training, he became a piano accompanist at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, and then at the Théâtre Lyrique from 1860.

In 1870, he became a state employee, being appointed second conductor of the Paris Opera Chorus.

1865, Le Mariage de Don Lope, comic opera in 1 act, lyrics by Jules Barbier, piano and vocal score reduced by Hector Salomon. Paris. In-8°, 130 p. Online version on Gallica [ archive ]
1866, Les dragées de Suzette, comic opera in one act, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Jules Delahaye, performed for the first time at the Théâtre-Lyrique on 13 June 1866.
1877, L'aumônier du régiment, comic opera in one act, on a libretto by Adolphe de Leuven and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, performed for the first time at the Théâtre national lyrique, on 13 September 1877.
1886, Bianca Capello, opera in 5 acts, on a libretto by Jules Barbier, performed for the first time at the Royal Theatre of Antwerp on 1 February 1886.
...., Salut printemps, salut aurore, melody on a poem by Paul Collin.

^ Albert Soubies, Almanach des spectacles, 1878, article «Opéra de ¨Paris»
^ Schmitt, Michel (2015). L'Alsace et ses compositeurs de la Renaissance à nos jours (in French). Vol. 2. Delatour France. pp. 641–642. ISBN 978-2-7521-0238-6. OCLC 957633975.