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Lillian June Henschel

Columbus, Ohio, 1860 - 1901, London

BiographySources
found: Henschel, H. When soft voices die, 1949: p. 6 (Lillian June Bailey; b. Jan. 17, 1860, Columbus, Ohio) plate 2 (Mrs. George Henschel)
found: New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Henschel (née Bailey), Lillian June; b. Jan. 17, 1860, Columbus, Ohio; d. Nov. 4, 1901, London; soprano; married conductor George Henschel, March 9, 1881)

http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no00-17687/ I.S. 12/19/2017

Henschel, Lillian June(née Bailey), American soprano; b. Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1860; d. London, Nov. 4, 1901. She made her professional debut in Boston at 16, then went to Paris to study with Viardot-Garcia. On April 30, 1879, she appeared in London, at a Phil, concert, when she sang, besides her solo number, a duet with George Henschel. She then studied with him and on March 9, 1881, married him. When Henschel was appointed first conductor of the Boston Sym. Orch., she appeared as a soloist with him accompanying her at the piano, also in duets at Boston Sym. concerts. Until her untimely death, the Henschels were constantly associated in American artistic life. Her well-trained voice and fine musical feeling won her many admirers.
Bibliography
H. Henschel, When Soft Voices Die: A Musical Biography (London, 1944).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
"Henschel, Lillian June(née Bailey)." Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. . Retrieved December 19, 2017 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/henschel-lillian-junenee-bailey I.S. 12/19/2017

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