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He married Charlotte Wells on October 5, 1892 in Brooklyn.<ref name=obit/>
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He died on April 20, 1929 at the [[Washington Sanitarium]] in [[Washington, DC]] of cancer. He had been ill for a year and a half. Swami [[Yogananda]] performed the funeral rites.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title= |url= |quote= |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 21, 1929 |accessdate=2015-03-03 }}</ref>
He died on April 20, 1929 at the [[Washington Sanitarium]] in [[Washington, DC]] of cancer. He had been ill for a year and a half. Swami [[Yogananda]] performed the funeral rites.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Oscar Saenger, Baritone, 61, Dies. Noted for the Last 37 Years as Singing Teacher of This City and Washington. Many Pupils Won Fame. Swami Yogananda of India to Conduct Funeral Services Here on Tuesday Evening |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9406E5D61F3BEE3ABC4951DFB2668382639EDE |quote=Oscar Saenger, baritone, who had devoted himself to the teaching of singing for the last thirty-seven years, died yesterday in the Washington Sanitarium, Washington, D. C., of cancer. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=April 21, 1929 |accessdate=2015-03-03 }}</ref>


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*[[Bernice de Pasquali]]
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*[[Orville Harrold]]
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File:Oscar Saenger (January 5, 1868 - April 20, 1929) in 1917.jpg
Saenger in 1917

Oscar Saenger (1868-1929‏) was a singing teacher. With the Victor Phonograph Company he produced a complete course in vocal training in twenty lesson.[1]

Biography

He was born on January 5, 1868 in Brooklyn, New York City to German American parents. When he was 18 years old in 1886 he received a scholarship to the National Conservatory of Music. In 1891 he became the baritone soloist for the New American Opera Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and in 1892 was a soloist for the Arion Society on their European tour.[1]

He married Charlotte Wells on October 5, 1892 in Brooklyn.[1]

He died on April 20, 1929 at the Washington Sanitarium in Washington, DC of cancer. He had been ill for a year and a half. Swami Yogananda performed the funeral rites.[1]

Pupils

He had the following pupils:[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Oscar Saenger, Baritone, 61, Dies. Noted for the Last 37 Years as Singing Teacher of This City and Washington. Many Pupils Won Fame. Swami Yogananda of India to Conduct Funeral Services Here on Tuesday Evening". New York Times. April 21, 1929. Retrieved 2015-03-03. Oscar Saenger, baritone, who had devoted himself to the teaching of singing for the last thirty-seven years, died yesterday in the Washington Sanitarium, Washington, D. C., of cancer. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)