Samuel Siegel
Samuel Siegel 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.
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 Joseph W. Stern & Co., 1901, in which he covered left-hand Pizzicato and harmonic duo style.
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 [Disc Record|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 States 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.The foxhunters two-stepEspagnole waltzHawthorne clubRemembrance of theeMedley of coon songsMa lady LouVolunteer patrolAmerican valor marchLa bonita waltzRomanceIn olden timesNearer my God to theeManzanilloAn autumn eveningA-sa-maMaritana mazurkaNavajo medleyLa cinquantaineTräumereiIntermezzoThe whirlwind marchBoston Ideal marchEstellita waltzAmerican valor marchIn FairylandMedley, with Marie Caveny Dance, with Marie Caveny Ragtime echoes, with Marie Caveny Mouse dance, with Marie CavenyColumbia Records
He made records for Columbia Records.La bonita waltz, Samuel Siegel Zenda waltz, Samuel Siegel Hawthorne Club, Samuel Siegel Ivanhoe Intermezzo with Geo. Stehl & Hans Von Wegern- ''Mazurka Brillante''