Jadassohn, Salomon
(1831–1902)
SALOMON JADASSOHNJADASSOHN, SALOMONSALOMON JADASSOHN [* 1831-† 1902] Holders of major teaching posts have tended to write textbooks. Salomon Jadassohn, a prominent member of the Leipzig Conservatory's faculty late in the nineteenth century, wrote many. Unfortunately his career depended more upon industry than upon inspiration, and his texts, though influential both in Europe and America, led students towards a dull, mechanical familiarity with what is now generally regarded as inadequate…