Henselt

(hén’-zélt), Ad. von, Schwabach, Bavaria, May 12, 1814— Warmbrunn, Silesia, Oct. 10, 1889; eminent pianist who played with remarkable sonority and emotion; to obtain his remarkable reach he c. and practised ince antly very difhcult studies; he c. a famous pf.concerto, études, etc, (hént’-shél), The odor, Schirgiswalde, Upper Lusatia, 1830 —Hamburg, 1892; conductor, pianist and dram. composer. (hér’-bart), Jn. Fr., Oldenburg, 1776—G6ttingen, 1841; writer. (hér’-bék), Jn. Fz. von, Vienna, Dec. 25, 1831—Oct. 28, 18773 important cond., mainly self-taught; dir. 1866, ct.-cond. at Vienna and, prof. at the Cons. Her’bert, Victor, Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 1, 1859—New York, May 26, 1924; a grandson of Samuel Lover, the novelist; at 7, sent to Germany to study music; 1st ’cello ct.-orch. Stuttgart, and elsewhere; 1886 solo *cellist, Metropolitan Orch., New York; later Theodore Thomas’ and Seidl’s orchs. (also a ociate-cond.); 1894, bandm. 22d Regt., vice Gilmore; 1898—1904 cond. of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Orch. (70 performers); then founded and cond. the Victor Herbert Orch., with which he toured widely; c. pcs. for orch. and ’cello; fcello-concerto; an oratorio, ‘‘The Captive’ (Worcester Festival); and numerous comic operas, incl. ‘‘ Prince Ananias,” a failure, “The Wizard of the Nile,’ ‘“‘The Serenade,’ ‘The ‘dol’s Eye,’ “The Fortune Teller,? “The Singing Girl,” ‘‘Babes in Toytand,” “‘The Red Mill,’ ‘ Naughty Marietta,’ ‘The Enchantre ,” “Mile. Modiste,” “The Lady of the Slipper,” ‘“‘The Duche ,’ ““Sweethearts,’ ‘‘The Debutante,” “The Only Girl,” ‘Prince Pat,” “* Eileen,” ‘‘ Her Regiment,’ etc. He c. also the grand opera ‘‘ Natoma,’ libretto by Jos. D. Redding, which was prod. by the Philadelphia Opera Co., 1911, in Philadelphia and at the Met. Op., N. Y., the same year; and a one-act lyric opera, ‘‘Madeleine”’ (book by Grant Stewart), Met. Op., Jan. 24, 1914. (See article, page 499.) Heritte - Viardot Louise Pauline (Wiz-ét-v’ yir-d5), Marie, Paris, Dec. 14, 1841—Heidelberg, Jan. 17, 1918; daughter of Viardot-Garcia; vocal teacher St. Petersburg Cons.; later at Frankfort, and Berlin; m. Consul General Heritte; c. opera ‘‘Lindora” (Weimar, 1879), and cantatas. (hér’-min), (1) Matthias, called Verrecoiensis, or Ver rec or ens is, from his supposed birthplace, or Warkoing, Holland; Nether land cptist. 16th cent. (2) Jn. D., Germany, ca. 1760—Paris, 1846; pianist and composer. (3) Jn. Gf. Jakob, Leipzig, 1772—1848; writer. (4) Fr., Frankfort, 1828— Leipzig, 1907; pupil Leipzig Cons.; 1846-75, viola-player, Gewandhaus and theatre orchs.; 1848, vln.-teacher at the Cons.; 1883 Royal Saxon Prof.; c. symphony, etc.; editor and collector. (5) Rheinhold L., Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Sept. 21, 1849—19193 pupil of Stern Cons., Berlin; 1878-81 dir. of it; 1871-78 singing-teacher and cond. New York; 1884, cond. N. Y. “Lieder kranz”; 1887, prof. of sacred history at the Theol. Seminary; 1898, cond. Handel and Haydn Soc., Boston; r90o0 returned to Berlin; c. 4 operas incl. ‘‘Vineta”? (Breslau, 1895), and “‘Wulfrin”’ (Cologne, 1896); 5 cantatas, overtures, etc. (6) Robt., Bern, Switzerland, April 29, 1869—Ambach, Oct. 10, t912; Cons; previously self-taught in zither, pf., comp. and had c. works of much originality in which Grieg encouraged him; 1893, dinck, then went to Leipzig and Berlin, where (1895) his symphony and a concert-overture were prod. at the Philh., provoking much critical controversy; lived in Leipzig; c. also “Petites variations pour rire,” for pf. and vin.; etc. (7) Hans, Leipzig, Aug. 17, 1870—Berlin, May 18, 1931; contraba ist and composer; studied with Rust, Kretschmer and von Herzogenberg; c. string-quartets, pf.-pcs., etc., “and many songs. (8) J. Z.. Vide zENNER. (9) Vide HERRMANN.