Background
Salzer, Felix was born on June 13, 1904 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Max and Helene (Wittgenstein) Salzer. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
Salzer, Felix was born on June 13, 1904 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Max and Helene (Wittgenstein) Salzer. came to the United States, 1939, naturalized, 1945.
He studied musicology with Guido Adler at the University of Vienna, finishing his Doctor of Philosophy in 1926 with a dissertation on sonata form in the works of Franz Schubert. At the same time he studied music theory and analysis with Heinrich Schenker and Hans Weisse.
In 1939 Salzer emigrated to the United States, and became a citizen in 1945. While in the United States he taught at several schools, including the Mannes College of Music, and Queens College of the City University of New New York His contributions to Schenkerian theory were twofold: first, he brought Schenker"s ideas to the attention of American music theorists and musicologists, and second, he applied the analytical technique to music outside of the common-practice era music in which Schenker had exclusively worked, particularly to the music of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages, and to some music of the 20th century.
Later theorists applied Schenkerian techniques to popular music as well.
Some of the specific refinements Salzer made to Schenkerian theory involve aspects of voice leading, and the differentiation of chords into structural versus contrapuntal categories. Salzer"s works include Structural Hearing (1952 and 1962), Counterpoint in Composition: The Study of Voice Leading (with Carl Schachter, 1969), and the periodical The Music Forum (initiated 1967).
Salzer married Hedwig Lindtberg (the sister of Leopold Lindtberg) in 1939. She died on February 29, 2000.
They had no children.
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Member American Musicol. Society (chairman New York chapter 1963-1965) M C.
Married Hedi Lemberger-Lindtberg, September 16, 1939.