Seth Weeks, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Seth Weeks

African Americanmusician

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1868

Date of Death: 01-Dec-1953

Profession: composer, bandleader, jazz musician, music pedagogue, mandolinist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Silas Seth Weeks (September 8, 1868 – December 1953) was an American composer who played mandolin, violin, banjo and guitar.
Although he played many instruments he concentrated professionally on the mandolin.
He is considered to be the first African American to play mandolin during its golden period and was considered instrumental in bringing the mandolin to the prominent national standing that it had in the early 1900s.
He was the first American known to write a mandolin concerto (in 1900) and led a mandolin and guitar orchestra in Tacoma, Washington.