Samuel Siegel
American mandolin virtuoso and composer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1][2][3][4][5] Siegel was the first mandolinist to record on Emile Berliner's phonograph disk-records.[4] He was labeled "America's Greatest Mandoline Virtuoso" and "The King of the Mandolin" in the May 1900 Banjo World.[4]

Siegel performed both in vaudeville, as well as in concert halls.[4] He had no formal training in music, but saw that the mandolin needed original music, rather than relying on the transcribed violin music.[4] His compositions and arrangements were well known in his day.[4]
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.[6][7]
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.[8]
He recorded Edison Diamond Disk record Ragtime Echoes in 1918 with Marie Caveny, with her on ukulele, and also Dance, Mouse Dance, and Medley.[9][10] Marie and her husband James Frank Caveny lived with Siegel as lodgers in Chicago during the 1910 United States Census.[11] They were performers or lecturers in the Lyceum movement.[12] James Franklin was a cartoonist and Marie sang soprano in their performance.[12]
Victor recordings


Recorded for Victor records between October 20, 1900 and December 28, 1918.[1]
- The foxhunters two-step
- Espagnole waltz
- Hawthorne club
- Remembrance of thee
- Medley of coon songs
- Ma lady Lou
- Volunteer patrol
- American valor march
- La bonita waltz
- Romance
- In olden times
- Nearer my God to thee
- Manzanillo
- An autumn evening
- A-sa-ma
- Maritana mazurka
- Navajo medley
- La cinquantaine
- Träumerei
- Intermezzo
- The whirlwind march
- Boston Ideal march
- Estellita waltz
- American valor march
- In Fairyland
- Medley, (December 28, 1918) with Marie Caveny (ukulele)
- Dance, (December 28, 1918) with Marie Caveny (ukulele)
- Ragtime echoes, (December 28, 1918) with Marie Caveny (ukulele)
- Mouse dance, (December 28, 1918) with Marie Caveny (ukulele)
Columbia Records
He made records for Columbia Records.[13]
- La bonita waltz (1901), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
- Zenda waltz (1901), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
- Hawthorne Club (c 1904-1909), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
- Ivanhoe Intermezzo with Geo. Stehl & Hans Von Wegern
- Mazurka Brillante
Edison recordings
He recorded for Edison Records on their Blue Amberol, Gold Moulded, and Diamond Disk albums.[10][13]
Gold Molded
- Home, sweet home (1902), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
- Manzanilo (c. 1902), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
- The story teller waltz (1903), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
- My Old Kentucky Home (1903), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
- Just One Girl (1904), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)[14](Music written by Lynn Udall, 1898)
- An autumn evening (1905), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and M. Loyd Wolf (guitar)
- Evening on the plaza (1905), Samuel Siegel (mandolin)
Blue Amberol
- Castilian Echoes (1908), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and William Smith (guitar)
- Waltz (1909), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and Roy H. Butin (guitar)
- Gavotte (1909), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and Roy H. Butin (guitar)
- Waltz (1913), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and Roy H. Butin (guitar)
- Kuu ipo i ka hee pue one medley (1919), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and Marie Caveny (ukulele)
Diamond
- Ragtime Echoes (1918), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and Marie Caveny (ukulele)
Indestructible Records
He made records marketed by the Indestructible Record Company.[13]
- Estellita waltz (1908), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and Roy Butin (guitar)
- Southern fantasie (1908), Samuel Siegel (mandolin) and Roy Butin (guitar)
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