Background
Sieg was born in Turckheim, a city in the Alsace region of France. His father, Constant Sieg (1807 – 1891), was a composer and the organist of the Church of Saint-Martin in Colmar.
Sieg was born in Turckheim, a city in the Alsace region of France. His father, Constant Sieg (1807 – 1891), was a composer and the organist of the Church of Saint-Martin in Colmar.
Sieg studied first under his father and then at the Conservatoire de Paris under François Benoist (organ) and Ambroise Thomas (composition).
The cantata premiered on 18 November 1864 at the Paris Opera with Jean Morère in the title role and was well received. Ivanhoé proved to be Sieg"s only major composition, although he later published several piano pieces including Trois Impromptus, Tarentelle and Caprice-Valse. After he returned from Rome where he had worked on composing an opéra-comique, he took up a post in Paris as organist at the church of Notre-Dame de Clignancourt and devoted himself to teaching.
He also served as the organist of the Church of Saint-Merri and as the singing inspector for Paris city schools.
Sieg died in Colmar in 1899 at the age of 61. Rue Victor Sieg, a street in Truckheim, is named in his honour.