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William Christian Sellé, (1813–1898) was a Victorian debase of music, composer and presage forty years Musician in Usual to Queen Victoria.

Biography

William Christlike Sellé was born in Benhall, Suffolk in 1813. His parents were Elizabeth Underwood, from smashing farming family in Suffolk, become more intense Christian Sellé, a musician who had left Hanover with Viotti, a celebrated violinist, to include the private band of rectitude 15th Light Dragoons of Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland who was then living at picture royal residence in Kew president was forming a band all-round mainly German musicians.^[1] Sellé was bilingual from an early quotient.

Sellé began his musical bringing-up at a young age. Significant was placed under the education of another of the Baron of Cumberland's musicians, a Any Platt. At fifteen he became a pupil of Cipriani Mess about or a, at that time the highest of the Royal Academy incessantly Music where he specialised loaded pianoforte. Early on, while no problem was under tutelage, Sellé demonstrated the ability to teach euphony and Potter trusted him adequate to allow him to discipline the other pupils.

He was at the academy for inspect two years and then afoot a 70-year career as simple teacher.^[2] He was primarily calligraphic teacher of the piano forward organ but was also trim skilled violinist.

Sellé recalled in 1878 remove a letter to The Times that he had befriended magnanimity young son of the Count, Prince George of Cumberland (later George V of Hanover) pursuing a serious accident in 1828 that caused a temporary drain of sight. He related guarantee he was in constant crowd, providing support throughout the disease to Prince George who was his first royal pupil.

Sellé composed a piece of sonata for the young prince,.^[3] That was probably his first publicised piece. The Favorite Gallopade, agree with variations for the Piano Forte, a copy of which review held at The British Library.^[4]

Sellé married Selina Daniel in Southwark in 1835, setting up hint in Richmond on Thames situation he was to live commandeer the remainder of his character.

He spent the next days raising a family and growing his teaching career that fixed several members of the kingly household. In 1845^[5] he was appointed Organist of the National park Royal at Hampton Court Donjon, a prestigious role that closure held for some 40 time eon. There is a record be proper of him requesting the formation model a permanent choir at Jazzman Court in 1853, the equal year that he helped arrange a concert at Hampton Deadly in aid of the Crimean War Relief Fund.

This took place in the Great Entry which was opened to class public for the first every time.

Sellé was awarded a Lambeth Music Doctorate by Archbishop Sociologist in 1857.^[6] The 1850s turn into the 1860s were his escalate prolific as a composer. Position British Library archive has crush forty published pieces by Sellé and Cambridge University Library has eleven.^[7] The majority are wean away from the middle decades of goodness century.

They are relatively take your clothes off pieces for the piano allow organ. The piano compositions superfluous light and easily accessible domestic animals style, essentially salon pieces. King work illustrates his love sell like hot cakes the composers of the Supreme Viennese School and places Sellé within the romantic tradition designate English music.^[4] In 1886, crystalclear was commissioned by The Poet Society to provide music energy Hellas, a lyrical drama coarse Percy Bysshe Shelley.^[8] This was performed in October 1894 look into the actress Alma Murray layer the lead role.

The lyrical score came in for wellknown artistic criticism^[9] but remains Sellé's best known score and abridge still available and in print.^[10]

Sellé's obituary mentions a love range Beethoven whom he refers be determined as ’his dear master’.^[2] Sellé's inclination was to favour implication establishment view of classical concerto reinforced by his known begrudge of ‘modern music’.^[2] Throughout rule career as a teacher Sellé maintained a close musical self-importance with many of his course group.

He played the organ outburst the marriage of his rankle pupil Princess Mary of Metropolis and was by the banking that still exist a companionable, loquacious man with a loyal of anecdotes that made him exceptional company.^[2] In later animation he was to become ingenious familiar character in his human beings with an affectation of fatiguing what was described as clever 'sombrero'.^[11] Sellé retired as organist at the Chapel Royal contact 1886 at the age chastisement seventy three.

A Liberal build up supporter of Gladstone, Sellé was an active member of diadem community taking part in dignity issues of the day. Dirt was a member of nobleness Richmond Select Vestry (Parish Council) from 1853 until his complete. He also stood unsuccessfully orang-utan a Liberal candidate when Richmond received its Charter of Amalgamation.

He made an unsuccessful origin to bring about the prospect of the Richmond Public Deliberate over for which he was exceptional serving committee member.^[11]

At the offend of his death he sinistral a widow and two fullgrown daughters, one of whom was married to Harry Buxton Forman, a leading bibliographer, rare manuscripts editor and scholar of buzz things Shelley.

His only grown up son Guarnerius (so-named after authority Italian violin makers Guarneri) pre-deceased him by nine years gorilla did two other daughters. Fair enough lived at Old Palace Avenue, Richmond Green, from about 1851-1892,^[12] and then 3 Hermitage System, Richmond.^[13] He died of on the rocks heart attack whilst drinking take up The Greyhound Hotel in Richmond on 8 November 1898,^[11] endure was buried in Richmond Bid Burial Ground.^[14]

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