George Henschel | |
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 Portrait by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1879 | |
| Born | 18 February 1850 Breslau, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Died | 10 September 1934 (aged 84) Aviemore, Scotland |
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Sir Isidor George Henschel (18 February 1850 – 10 September 1934)[1] was a German-born British baritone, pianist, conductor, composer and academic teacher. First trained as a pianist, he was a concert singer who sometimes sang to his own accompaniment. He was a close friend of Johannes Brahms. His first wife Lillian was also a singer. He was the first conductor of both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He taught at the Institute of Musical Art in New York City.