 Carlos Salzedo was born Charles Moïse Léon Salzedo on April 6, 1885, in Arcachon, France.Salzedo's parents, Isaac Gaston Salzedo and Thérèse Judith Anna Salzedo-Silva, who resided in Bayonne, were vacationing in Arcachon when Mme.Salzedo fell down a flight of stairs, causing the two-month premature birth of Salzedo.