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Oscar saenger singing lesson no 20 for tenors vocalise 1915
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.
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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.
He married Charlotte Wells on October 5, 1892, in Brooklyn.
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.
Pupils
He had the following pupils: