Alberto Zelman (183228 December 1907) was a Trieste-born

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n composer, music conductor, music teacher, organist and pianist. He was born at

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(now part of

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), of Italian parents. He was educated as a musician and made his mark as a conductor in northern Italy. He then went to

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, where he was successful for some years as a teacher and conductor, and about 1870 came to

as conductor of an opera company. He settled at

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, was much esteemed as a man and as a musician, was for many years conductor of the Melbourne Liedertafel, and was a well-known piano teacher. Zelman compositions included orchestral works, masses and many solos for the violin. He died at Melbourne in 1907 leaving a widow and four sons. His son, also named

Alberto Zelman (Samuel Victor Albert) Alberto Zelman (15 November 1874 – 3 March 1927) was an Australian musician and conducting, conductor, and founder of one of the predecessors to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Life and career Alberto Zelman was born ...

, was also a musician and the founder of the Albert Street Conservatorium Orchestra which, in 1927, combined with the Melbourne University Symphony Orchestra to form the

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'' magazine, 29 July 1927 edition Another son, Victor Zelman, was a painter and etcher.

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