Sir George Henschel (Ismoa Georg Henschel) (18 February 1850 – 10 September 1934), was an English baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer. He was knighted in 1914.
Henschel was born at Breslau of Polish-Jewish parentage, and educated as a pianist, making his first public appearance in Berlin in 1862. He subsequently took up singing, initially and briefly as a basso profundo but developing a fine baritone voice. In 1868, he sang the part of Han...
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Sir George Henschel (Ismoa Georg Henschel) (18 February 1850 – 10 September 1934), was an English baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer. He was knighted in 1914.
Henschel was born at Breslau of Polish-Jewish parentage, and educated as a pianist, making his first public appearance in Berlin in 1862. He subsequently took up singing, initially and briefly as a basso profundo but developing a fine baritone voice. In 1868, he sang the part of Hans Sachs in Meistersinger at Munich. In 1877, he began a successful career in England, singing at the principal concerts and, in 1881, he married the American soprano, Lilian June Bailey (1860-1901), who was associated with him in a number of vocal recitals. Henschel's very highly developed sense of interpretation and style made him an ideal concert singer, while he was no less distinguished as accompanist. In fact he sometimes combined both functions; he can be heard on records made as late as 1928 for the Columbia Graphophone Company, singing...
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