Victor victory

Charles-Victor Sieg (born August 8, 1837 in Turckheim , † April 1899 ) was a French organist and composer.

The son of the organist, pianist and composer Constant Sieg studied organ with François Benoist and composition with Ambroise Thomas at the Conservatoire de Paris . He received second prizes in the subjects of harmony (1860) and organ (1863) and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1864 with the cantata Ivanhoë based on a text by Victor Roussy , which was also performed at the Paris Opera in November of that year .

In the same year he became organist at the great organ of the Notre Dame church in the Paris district of Clignancourt. The church, designed by the architect Paul-Eugène Lequeux , was consecrated in 1863. He was also the inspector for singing lessons in the public schools of Paris.

Some piano works by Sieg have survived, including Trois Impromptus , a Tarentelle and a Caprice-Valse .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Prix de Rome 1860–1869 , accessed on May 10, 2019.
↑ Arthur Pougin: Nekrolog (French), accessed on May 10, 2019.
↑ Entry in Petite encyclopédie musicale , accessed on May 10, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Victory, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Victory, Charles-Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 8, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Turckheim
DATE OF DEATH	April 1899

[musimem-1] Prix de Rome 1860–1869 , accessed on May 10, 2019.

[2] Arthur Pougin: Nekrolog (French), accessed on May 10, 2019.

[3] Entry in Petite encyclopédie musicale , accessed on May 10, 2019.