Biography: Henri Herz, Henri Leca, Henri Vieuxtemps, Henricus Albicastro, Henriëtta Bosmans, Hal Aloma, Henry Brant, Henry Clay Work, Henry Cowell, Henry David Leslie,

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After studying piano with his father, Herz was able to study at the Paris Conservatoire with Pradher and Reicha and chose to follow the stylings of Moscheles Herz was one of the most lauded and venerated concert pianists and composers for the piano of the mid-nineteenth century

This artist has had a long and diverse career involving acting, releasing his own records, film scores, piano recitals, and conducting Henri Leca tried to cash in during the late ’40s as part of an international mob recording versions of a particular novelty song about indecision in every language imaginable

Henri Vieuxtemps Biography, Photos, Pictures

A world traveler as a virtuoso violinist, Vieuxtemps was perhaps the second greatest violinist during his time for Paganini reigned His travels took him from his birthplace in Algiers to Vienna, London, St

Henricus Albicastro Biography, Photos, Pictures

Henricus Albicastro is also known as Heinrich Weissenburg and Johannes Hendrik Weysenbergh, Viennensis He is considered to be a Swiss composer and violinist who lived in Holland

Henriëtta Bosmans Biography, Photos, Pictures

Bosmans studied piano with her mother, Sarah Bosmans-Benedicts at the Amsterdam Conservatory In addition to performing widely, she was an accompanist for many musicians Her early works are romantic in nature, but after studying with Pijper in 1927 her compositions became more radical

Hal Aloma is one of the most versatile and popular Hawaiian artists First signed because of his amazing abilities as “King of the Steel Guitar,” the very young Aloma led his own orchestra and recorded albums of 78 rpm records

One of the great iconoclasts within modern American music, Canadian-born composer Henry Brant is a radical figure whose work is impossible to classify Born in Montreal, Brant began composing at the age of eight and studied at McGill University beginning in his 16th year

Henry Clay Work Biography, Photos, Pictures

Work was a composer of popular songs as well as a painter and editor “We are Coming, Sister Mary” was his first composition in 1843 In 1854 he went to Chicago as a printer but his success as a composer finally came with songs about the Civil War

Henry Cowell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Of all the early-20th-century American musical revolutionaries, it is composer Henry Cowell whose influence was most vivid and far-reaching Born in 1897, Cowell studied the violin briefly at age five, and began to write his own music by his eleventh birthday

Henry David Leslie Biography, Photos, Pictures

Leslie studied the cello with Charles Lucas and became a conductor, participant and founder of many musical asociations His own a cappella ensemble was initially heard in 1856 winning first prize in a Paris Exhibition of 1878