# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-henschel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:33:05.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-henschel"
name: "George Henschel"
slug: "george-henschel"
description: "Sir Isidor George Henschel 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."
tagline: "German-born British baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henschel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1850-02-18"
deathDate: "1934-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.22
  momentum:             1.521739130434783
  historical:           13.74859733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3630646"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "چورچ هينستشيل (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isidor_Georg_Henschel"
    title: "Isidor Georg Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%84"
    title: "جرج هنشل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジョージ・ヘンシェル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Хеншель, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henschel"
    title: "George Henschel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b9f54ebe-7142-4eab-aff1-1d24c5668b7e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64238"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump