# Henry Lewis

> Henry Jay Lewis was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor whose career extended over four decades. A child prodigy, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 16, becoming the first African-American instrumentalist in a major symphony orchestra and, later, the first African-American symphony orchestra conductor in the United States. As musical director of the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, he supported America's cultural diplomacy initiatives in Europe after World War II.

*American conductor (1932-1996)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1932-10-16
- **Died:** 1996-01-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/795184)
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- [Henry Lewis (Dirigent)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lewis_(Dirigent))
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- [Henry Lewis](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lewis)
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- [Henry Lewis](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lewis)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6b142c14-a64b-4e76-ad57-721ae62a3a71)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457501)

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