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GEORGE [Ismoa GEORG] HENSCHEL (1850— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 302 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE [Ismoa GEORG] HENSCHEL (1850— )  ,
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English musician (naturalized 1890), of German
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family, was born at Breslau, and educated as a pianist, making his first public appearance in Berlin in 1862 . He subsequently, however, took up singing, having
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developed a
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fine baritone voice; and in 1868 he sang the
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part of Hans Sachs in Meistersinger at Munich . In 1877 he began a successful career in England, singing at the
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principal concerts; and in 1881 he married the
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American soprano, Lilian Bailey (d . 1901), who was associated with him in a number of vocal recitals . He was also prominent as a conductor, starting the
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London
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symphony concerts in 1886, and both in England and
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America (where he was the first conductor of the Boston symphony concerts, 1881) he took a leading part in advancing his
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art . He composed a number of instrumental
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works, a fine Stabat Mater (
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Birmingham festival, 1894), &c., and an opera,
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Nubia (
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Dresden, 1899) .

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