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George Henschel (1850-1934)(Card 1904)
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Many thanks my dear young friend for your charming letter and splendid photograph both of which have given me great pleasure. I am so glad you are learning to sing and looking forward to hearing you some day. My love to your dear father and mother and to yourself. This is a lovely picture, is it not? And the sea is really as blue as this.
Algiers, March 13, 1904 ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Sir George Isidor Georg Henschel (b. February 18, 1850; d. September 10, 1934),
was a celebrated singer, composer and conductor. He entered the
Leipzig Conservatory in 1867 and studied piano under Moscheles, theory with Reinecke and
Richter for theory, singing with Goetze for singing, and organ with Papperitz. He quickly
became a recognized singer in German and England. In 1881, Henschel was appointed
conductor of the newly founded Boston Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted for its first
three seasons. In 1884, he moved to England where two years later, in 1886, he established
the London Symphony Concerts, which were an important part of musical life in London
during the eleven years of their existence. He befriended Johannes Brahms in 1874 and in
1876 they spent a holiday together. Henschel’s diary holds many important
remembrances of Brahms. After his wife’s death in 1901, Henschel lived in retirement in Scotland until 1907, when he married a pupil. Miss Amy Louis of New York. He returned to the concert platform in 1909, and for five years sang and gave recitals in England and on the Continent. In April 1914, the year in which he received knighthood, he gave a farewell recital in London. As a composer his works include a Te Deum, a Stabat Mater, and a Requiem Mass ( in memory of his first wife); many songs, anthems and song cycles; 3 operas and several works for orchestra. REV. 01/26/2004 |
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