Oscar Saenger
Oscar Saenger (January 5, 1868 - April 20, 1929) was a singing teacher. With the Victor Talking Machine 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 of America. 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 Paramahansa Yogananda performed the funeral rites.[1]
Pupils
He had the following pupils:[1]
- Leon E. Rains
- Joseph Regneas
- Joseph S. Bernstein
- Bernice de Pasquali (1873-1925)
- Orville Harrold (1878-1933)
- Marie Rappold, Vera Curtis, Mabel Garrison, Florence Hinkle, Paul Althouse, Lila Robeson, Louis Kreidler, Henri Scott, Sidonie Spero, Grace Hoffman, Elsie Raker, Kathleen Howard, and Fely Clement.
References
- ^ 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.
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Category:American people of German descent Category:Deaths from cancer Category:National Conservatory of Music of America alumni