Name Samuel Siegel | Role Composer | |
Died January 14, 1948, Los Angeles, California, United States Albums Romance, Volunteer patrol, American valor march Record labels Columbia Records, Edison Records, Indestructible Records | ||
Samuel siegel storyteller waltz 1899 mandolin music
Samuel Siegel (born 1875, Des Moines, Iowa — died January 14, 1948, Los Angeles, California) was an American mandolin virtuoso and composer who played mandolin on 29 records for Victor Records, including 9 pieces of his own composition and two that he arranged. Siegel was the first mandolinist to record on Emile Berliner's phonograph disk-records. He was labeled "America's Greatest Mandoline Virtuoso" and "The King of the Mandolin" in the May 1900 Banjo World.
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- Samuel siegel storyteller waltz 1899 mandolin music
- Countertenor Samuel Siegel on ABS Academy
- Recording partners
- Victor recordings
- Columbia Records
- Edison recordings
- Gold Molded
- Blue Amberol
- Diamond
- Indestructible Records
- References
Siegel performed both in vaudeville, as well as in concert halls. He had no formal training in music, but saw that the mandolin needed original music, rather than relying on the transcribed violin music. His compositions and arrangements were well known in his day.
He was the author of Siegel's Special Mandolin Studies, published by Jos. W Stern and Company, 1901, in which he covered left hand Pizzicato and harmonic duo style.
Countertenor Samuel Siegel on ABS Academy
Recording partners
Siegel recorded with Roy Butin in 1908 on four Victor records, the tunes: Southern Fantasy, Estellita Waltz, American Valor March, and In Fairyland.
He recorded Edison Diamond Disk record Ragtime Echoes in 1918 with Marie Caveny, with her on ukulele, and also Dance, Mouse Dance, and Medley. Marie and her husband James Frank Caveny lived with Siegel as lodgers in Chicago during the 1910 United State Census. They were performers or lecturers in the Lyceum movement. James Franklin was a cartoonist and Marie sang soprano in their performance.
Victor recordings
Recorded for Victor records between October 20, 1900 and December 28, 1918.
Columbia Records
He made records for Columbia Records.
Edison recordings
He recorded for Edison Records on their Blue Amberol, Gold Moulded, and Diamond Disk albums.
Gold Molded
Blue Amberol
Diamond
Indestructible Records
He made records marketed by Indestructible Records.