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408 SEGUIN SEIFPERT
and in the Appendix to Part I. of Marino Soriano
Tnertea'slTistoriadelaMusica£!^ianola(M.a.dTid,
1855-59), in which specimens are given of
the varieties of the dance. With regard to the
words, the following oopla (from Don Preoiso's
OoUeccion de Goplas, Madrid, 1799) may serve
as an example
El Lunes me enamoro,
Mdrtes lo digo,
Mi6rcoles me declare,
Jiieves conslgo
Vi6rnes doy zelos
Y Sabado y Domingo
Busco Amor nuevo. i W. B. S.
SEGUIN, Akthue Edvi^ard Shblden, commonly
known as Edward, was born in London
(of Irish descent), April 7, 1809. He received
his musical education at the Royal Academy of
Music, and first appeared in public in 1828 at
concerts and performances of Italian operas
given by its pupils. His voice was a deep bass,
of very extensive compass, and he met with
a very favourable reception. In 1829 he sang
at the Exeter Festival. In 1831 he appeared
at the theatre in Tottenham Street as Polyphemus
in 'Acis and Galatea.' In 1832 he
sang at the Concert of Antient Music. In
1833 and 1834 he was engaged at Covent
Garden, and in the latter year appeared' at the
King's Theatre as II Conte Robinson in Cimarosa's
'Matrimonio Segreto,' and also sang at
the Festival in Westminster Abbey. From
1835 to 1837 he was engaged at Drury Lane.
In August 1838 he appeared at the English
Opera House in Maofarren's ' Devil's Opera,
and soon afterwards quitted England for
America, made his first appearance at the
National Theatre, New York, as the Count in
Rooke's 'Amilie' on Oct. 15, 1838, and was
extremely well received. He afterwards formed
an opera company named 'The Seguin Troupe,'
who performed at various places in the United
States and Canada. Amongst other distinctions
he was elected a chief by one of the Indian
tribes, and received an Indian name, signifying
'
The man with the deep mellow voice ' ; an
honour which had never before been conferred
on any Englishman, except Edmund Kean, the
tragedian. He died at New York, Dec. 9,
1852.
His wife, Ann Childe, born in London
1814, was also a pupil of the Royal Academy
of Music, and appeared in public as a, soprano
singer in 1828 in the same performances as her
future husband, and with equal success. In
1832 she sang at the Concert of Antient Music,
and in 1834 at the Westminster Abbey Festival.
After performing for two or three seasons at
the King's Theatre as 'seconda donna,' she
appeared on the English stage at Drury Lane,
Nov. 3, 1837, as Donna Anna in the Englisli
:— 1 Tranalfttioa ' On Monday I fall in love, on Tuesday I aay 80,
Wednesday I declare myself, Thm-aday I succeed : Friday I cause
jealousy, and Satm-day and Sunday I seek a fresh love.'
version of Mozart's Don ' Giovanni. ' She accompanied
her husband to America and performed
in opera until his death, when she
retired from the stage and taught music in
New York, where she died in August 1888.
Seguin's younger brother, William Henry
Seguin, born in London 1814, also a pupil of
the Royal Academy of Music, possessed a light
bass voice and was a concert singer and member
of the choir of the Temple Church. He died
Dec. 28, 1850. He married Miss GoocH,
soprano singer, a fellow pupil at the Academy,
who survived him a few years only. His sister
Elizabeth, born in London 1815, was also a
singer, and was the mother of Mme. Parepa-
Rosa ; she died in London, 1870. w. h. H.
SEIDL, Akton, born May 7, 1860, at Pesth,
was entered as a pupil at the Leipzig Conservatorium
in October 1870. Early in 1872 he
went to Bayreuth, and was there employed by
Wagner to make the first copy of the score of
the Nibelungen trilogy. He also assisted at
the festival in August 1876. In 1879, through
Wagner's recommendation, he obtained the post
of conductor at the Leipzig Opera-House, and
remained there until 1882, when he wen^upon
a long tour through Germany, Holland, England,
Italy, etc. , in the capacity of conductor of
Angelo Neumann's Nibelungen ' ' opera troupe.
The performances were not altogether faultless :
it is true that the vocalists were good, but the
great music drama was reproduced in a sadly
mutilated condition. Yet Seidl proved himself
to be an energetic conductor, and was personally
successful. In 1883 he became conductor at
the Bremen Opera-House. Early in 1885 he
married the well-known soprano singer Frl.
Kraus, and in September of that year accepted
the post of conductor at the New York German
Opera-House, which post he filled with great
distinction until the temporary eclipse of
German opera in favour of Italian. In 1895-97
he again conducted German opera in New
York, and in 1897 he conducted at Covent
Garden. On Nov. 28, 1898, he died in New
York. c. A.
8EIFFERT, Max, born at Beeskow on the
Spree, Feb. 9, 1868, was educated at his native
place and at the Joaohimsthal Gymnasium at
Berlin, studied musical science and literature
under Philipp Spitta, wrote a treatise on
Sweelinck for the doctor's degree in 1891
(printed in the Vierteljahrssehrift of that year).
Besides many contributions to that periodical, to
the Allg. Dmtsche BiograpMe, the Tijdschrift of
theDutchVereeniging, etc., he viTotea.Oeschichte
der KlaviermiLsik in 1 899, and was editor of the
complete works of Sweelinck issued in twelve
volumes, and of several volumes of the various
series of 'Denkmaler der Tonkunst.' Since
April 1904 he has been editor-in-chief of the
Internationale Musikgesellschaft. (Riemann's
Lemkon, etc.) u.