Oscar Saenger


Oscar Saenger was a singing teacher. With the Victor Talking Machine Company he produced a complete course in vocal training in twenty lesson.

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. They had a daughter, actress and dancer Khyva St. Albans.
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: