Oscar Saenger
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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]
- Paul Althouse (1889–1954)
- Mabel Garrison (1886–1963)
- Kathleen Howard (1884–1956)
- Orville Harrold (1878–1933)
- Florence Hinkle (1855–1933)
- Bernice de Pasquali (1873-1925)
- Léon Rains (1870–1954)
- Marie Rappold (1874–1957)
- Lila Robeson, Louis Kreidler, Henri Scott, Sidonie Spero, Grace Hoffman, Elsie Raker, Fely Clement, Joseph Regneas, Joseph S. Bernstein and Vera Curtis.