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Herrman S. Saroni (February 1824 in Bernburg, Germany – August 29, 1900 in Marietta, Ohio) was an American composer, author, and publisher.〔David Frances Urrows, ''Grove online''〕 ==Biography== Saroni was born and educated in Germany, and referred to himself as a student of Mendelssohn.〔 In 1844 he applied for naturalization in New York city, where he later edited ''Saroni's Musical Times'' between 1849 and 1851. He organized a successful series of chamber music recitals during those years, featuring performers such as Theodore Eisfeld, Julia Northall, and Otto Dresel. Through critical writing and translating, he helped to spread German pedagogical approaches to American music education and appreciation.〔 Despite the resulting "vogue of Mendelssohn in America", Saroni's influence remained obscure and only vaguely identifiable in its development for many years.〔Grace D. Yerbury, ''Song in America'', p. 244〕 After 1851 he moved to Georgia, where he founded the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (1855).〔(Mentioned on the symphony's web site )〕 He later lived in Alabama, but eventually settled in Marietta, Ohio, where he taught piano〔Yerbury, p. 250〕 at Marietta College.〔 He died there in 1900. His wife died the following year, on September 16, 1901. Her obituary mentions four granddaughters: three in Marietta (Mrs. W. B. Gaitree, Miss Small, and Miss Kittie Small) and a fourth in Knoxville, Tennessee.〔(Marietta Daily Leader, September 17, 1901 )〕 A “Brief Account of His Life and Work” in the August 30, 1900, ''Marietta Daily Leader'', mentioned that he “made and lost several large fortunes” in America, “but in his later years he was in comfortable circumstances.” “Those who knew him best, knew him as a kind-hearted, well-educated and refined man.”〔(Marietta Daily Leader, August 30, 1900 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herrman S. Saroni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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