SALGÉ, CARL WILHELM (, Sweden-, Turku), cellist and conductor.
Salgé, who was a master of the cello, was a member of the Swedish Royal Kapelle from 1805 to 1807 but decided to settle in Turku in 1807 after a successful concert there. In 1811 he became the director of music at Turku University, a position he treated carelessly. Having married a rich widow in 1810, he squandered all her wealth in a few years and became simultaneously...