Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde

Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde (* 1605 in Cuenca, Spain, † 1650 ) was a Spanish Dulzianspieler, bassoonist and composer of the early Baroque.

Life and work

Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde probably received his musical training from his father, the Spanish court musicians and instruments manufacturer Bartolomé de Selma ( 1585 to 1616 ). After his musical education, he entered the Augustinian Order and toured Central Europe. In the period 1628-1630 he worked as a bassoonist in the court chapel of the Archduke Leopold V of Tyrol in Innsbruck. The latter had in 1626, after his marriage to Claudia de ' Medici, his court orchestra significantly increased after Italian models and staffed with the best musicians in Europe.

Further stations Salaverdes are not precisely known. He has probably worked in various court orchestras, possibly in Austria and Poland. 1638 he was in Venice an anthology under the title " Canzoni fantasy e correnti because suonar a 1, 2, 3, 4 voci con Basso Continuo" published. On the title page he still referred to himself as " Musicus & Suonator di Fagotto Archduke Leopoldus ". This work is dedicated to Prince Karl Johann of Poland and Sweden. It contains a total of 57 individual pieces, including canzoni, fantasies and dances like balletti, gagliardas and Correnti. Some of these works are created doppelchörig.

Valuable for the performance practice of his statements to tempo and dynamics, so as to ornamentation. The workshop conducted by him was one of the first that produced bassoons.