AMERICAN COMPOSER.
The following is adapted and edited from a brief biographical essay by H. R. Riley, Clemson University, titled "South Carolina German-American of the Month: Marie Regina Siegling and the Siegling Family."
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Marie Siegling most likely received her early training from her mother, who was an accomplished musician. In mid-February 1844 her father took her with him on a visit to Havana, where his music house had opened a branch under the name Siegling & Vallotte. During the three months of their stay, the gifted, radiant Marie Regina dazzled her audience as "Charleston's Jenny Lind." She was entertained by Havana's Spanish Governor and feted by prominent Spanish families. One of her compositions, the valse La Capricieuse dedicated to Madame La Comtesse de Fernandina of Havana, dates to that Cuban sojourn.
In May 1844 John Siegling accompanied his daughter to Paris where she was to study voice with Manuel Garcio, a socially prominent voice teacher. She continued her studies in Paris for several years and in 1847 went to her grandmother in Erfurt where she was joined by her father, mother, and sister. Here she met Professor Eduard Schumann Le Clercq, whom she married in Charleston in 1850. Returning to Europe, they made their home in Dresden. As Saxony's capitol, the city was the kingdom's cultural and social center and residence of its rulers. In Dresden Marie Regina met the elite of Europe's famous composers, including Schumann and his wife Clara, the celebrated woman pianist and composer, who was a friend of the Leclercq family. In her Memoirs Marie Regina writes: "I met many distinguished artists and authors, amongst them Wagner, Schroeder, Devrient, Liszt, Schumann. Here also I was present at the first representation of Tannhäuser and Lohengrin, directed by the great Master [Richard Wagner], who took the baton." Her own composition, Souvernir de la Saxe, is dedicated to Her Majesty, Marie, Reine de Saxe.
Marie Regina visited her native Charleston on a number of occasions with her five children. On one such occasion she brought her daughters Marie and Ida Carolina with her. At the outbreak of a yellow fever epidemic in Charleston, her mother and brother Henry escorted Marie Regina and her two children to New York for her return to Europe. "She being a stranger was considered a subject for fever, thus her stay was cut short some months."
Marie Regina Siegling Le Clercq died on January 2, 1920 in Nice, France. The place of her burial is unknown at this time.
Other Sources:
Marie Regina Siegling LeClerq: Memoirs of a Dowager (printed 1908, n.p., n.d.). Copy in South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC.
Library of Congress: Marie Regina Siegling. Several of her compositions are in the collection "Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music".
Musical Compositions:
La capricieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
La gracieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de Charleston, valse originale / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe, valse / by Marie R. Siegling.
The following is adapted and edited from a brief biographical essay by H. R. Riley, Clemson University, titled "South Carolina German-American of the Month: Marie Regina Siegling and the Siegling Family."
~~~
Marie Siegling most likely received her early training from her mother, who was an accomplished musician. In mid-February 1844 her father took her with him on a visit to Havana, where his music house had opened a branch under the name Siegling & Vallotte. During the three months of their stay, the gifted, radiant Marie Regina dazzled her audience as "Charleston's Jenny Lind." She was entertained by Havana's Spanish Governor and feted by prominent Spanish families. One of her compositions, the valse La Capricieuse dedicated to Madame La Comtesse de Fernandina of Havana, dates to that Cuban sojourn.
In May 1844 John Siegling accompanied his daughter to Paris where she was to study voice with Manuel Garcio, a socially prominent voice teacher. She continued her studies in Paris for several years and in 1847 went to her grandmother in Erfurt where she was joined by her father, mother, and sister. Here she met Professor Eduard Schumann Le Clercq, whom she married in Charleston in 1850. Returning to Europe, they made their home in Dresden. As Saxony's capitol, the city was the kingdom's cultural and social center and residence of its rulers. In Dresden Marie Regina met the elite of Europe's famous composers, including Schumann and his wife Clara, the celebrated woman pianist and composer, who was a friend of the Leclercq family. In her Memoirs Marie Regina writes: "I met many distinguished artists and authors, amongst them Wagner, Schroeder, Devrient, Liszt, Schumann. Here also I was present at the first representation of Tannhäuser and Lohengrin, directed by the great Master [Richard Wagner], who took the baton." Her own composition, Souvernir de la Saxe, is dedicated to Her Majesty, Marie, Reine de Saxe.
Marie Regina visited her native Charleston on a number of occasions with her five children. On one such occasion she brought her daughters Marie and Ida Carolina with her. At the outbreak of a yellow fever epidemic in Charleston, her mother and brother Henry escorted Marie Regina and her two children to New York for her return to Europe. "She being a stranger was considered a subject for fever, thus her stay was cut short some months."
Marie Regina Siegling Le Clercq died on January 2, 1920 in Nice, France. The place of her burial is unknown at this time.
Other Sources:
Marie Regina Siegling LeClerq: Memoirs of a Dowager (printed 1908, n.p., n.d.). Copy in South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC.
Library of Congress: Marie Regina Siegling. Several of her compositions are in the collection "Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music".
Musical Compositions:
La capricieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
La gracieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de Charleston, valse originale / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe, valse / by Marie R. Siegling.
AMERICAN COMPOSER.
The following is adapted and edited from a brief biographical essay by H. R. Riley, Clemson University, titled "South Carolina German-American of the Month: Marie Regina Siegling and the Siegling Family."
~~~
Marie Siegling most likely received her early training from her mother, who was an accomplished musician. In mid-February 1844 her father took her with him on a visit to Havana, where his music house had opened a branch under the name Siegling & Vallotte. During the three months of their stay, the gifted, radiant Marie Regina dazzled her audience as "Charleston's Jenny Lind." She was entertained by Havana's Spanish Governor and feted by prominent Spanish families. One of her compositions, the valse La Capricieuse dedicated to Madame La Comtesse de Fernandina of Havana, dates to that Cuban sojourn.
In May 1844 John Siegling accompanied his daughter to Paris where she was to study voice with Manuel Garcio, a socially prominent voice teacher. She continued her studies in Paris for several years and in 1847 went to her grandmother in Erfurt where she was joined by her father, mother, and sister. Here she met Professor Eduard Schumann Le Clercq, whom she married in Charleston in 1850. Returning to Europe, they made their home in Dresden. As Saxony's capitol, the city was the kingdom's cultural and social center and residence of its rulers. In Dresden Marie Regina met the elite of Europe's famous composers, including Schumann and his wife Clara, the celebrated woman pianist and composer, who was a friend of the Leclercq family. In her Memoirs Marie Regina writes: "I met many distinguished artists and authors, amongst them Wagner, Schroeder, Devrient, Liszt, Schumann. Here also I was present at the first representation of Tannhäuser and Lohengrin, directed by the great Master [Richard Wagner], who took the baton." Her own composition, Souvernir de la Saxe, is dedicated to Her Majesty, Marie, Reine de Saxe.
Marie Regina visited her native Charleston on a number of occasions with her five children. On one such occasion she brought her daughters Marie and Ida Carolina with her. At the outbreak of a yellow fever epidemic in Charleston, her mother and brother Henry escorted Marie Regina and her two children to New York for her return to Europe. "She being a stranger was considered a subject for fever, thus her stay was cut short some months."
Marie Regina Siegling Le Clercq died on January 2, 1920 in Nice, France. The place of her burial is unknown at this time.
Other Sources:
Marie Regina Siegling LeClerq: Memoirs of a Dowager (printed 1908, n.p., n.d.). Copy in South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC.
Library of Congress: Marie Regina Siegling. Several of her compositions are in the collection "Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music".
Musical Compositions:
La capricieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
La gracieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de Charleston, valse originale / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe, valse / by Marie R. Siegling.
The following is adapted and edited from a brief biographical essay by H. R. Riley, Clemson University, titled "South Carolina German-American of the Month: Marie Regina Siegling and the Siegling Family."
~~~
Marie Siegling most likely received her early training from her mother, who was an accomplished musician. In mid-February 1844 her father took her with him on a visit to Havana, where his music house had opened a branch under the name Siegling & Vallotte. During the three months of their stay, the gifted, radiant Marie Regina dazzled her audience as "Charleston's Jenny Lind." She was entertained by Havana's Spanish Governor and feted by prominent Spanish families. One of her compositions, the valse La Capricieuse dedicated to Madame La Comtesse de Fernandina of Havana, dates to that Cuban sojourn.
In May 1844 John Siegling accompanied his daughter to Paris where she was to study voice with Manuel Garcio, a socially prominent voice teacher. She continued her studies in Paris for several years and in 1847 went to her grandmother in Erfurt where she was joined by her father, mother, and sister. Here she met Professor Eduard Schumann Le Clercq, whom she married in Charleston in 1850. Returning to Europe, they made their home in Dresden. As Saxony's capitol, the city was the kingdom's cultural and social center and residence of its rulers. In Dresden Marie Regina met the elite of Europe's famous composers, including Schumann and his wife Clara, the celebrated woman pianist and composer, who was a friend of the Leclercq family. In her Memoirs Marie Regina writes: "I met many distinguished artists and authors, amongst them Wagner, Schroeder, Devrient, Liszt, Schumann. Here also I was present at the first representation of Tannhäuser and Lohengrin, directed by the great Master [Richard Wagner], who took the baton." Her own composition, Souvernir de la Saxe, is dedicated to Her Majesty, Marie, Reine de Saxe.
Marie Regina visited her native Charleston on a number of occasions with her five children. On one such occasion she brought her daughters Marie and Ida Carolina with her. At the outbreak of a yellow fever epidemic in Charleston, her mother and brother Henry escorted Marie Regina and her two children to New York for her return to Europe. "She being a stranger was considered a subject for fever, thus her stay was cut short some months."
Marie Regina Siegling Le Clercq died on January 2, 1920 in Nice, France. The place of her burial is unknown at this time.
Other Sources:
Marie Regina Siegling LeClerq: Memoirs of a Dowager (printed 1908, n.p., n.d.). Copy in South Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC.
Library of Congress: Marie Regina Siegling. Several of her compositions are in the collection "Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music".
Musical Compositions:
La capricieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
La gracieuse / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de Charleston, valse originale / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe / by Marie R. Siegling.
Souvenir de la Saxe, valse / by Marie R. Siegling.
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