Henry Holmes (composer)

Henry Holmes ( born November 7, 1839 in London, † December 9, 1905 in San Francisco) was an English composer, violinist and music teacher.

Holmes had his first violin instruction from his father and also worked as a choir singer. In 1847 he entered the age of eight with his brother Alfred Holmes as a violinist at the Haymarket Theatre. 1853 they gave again concerts in London, in 1855 they made a tour through Belgium, Germany, Austria and Sweden.

Later, Holmes settled in London, where he worked as a violin professor at the Royal College of Music. Among his pupils were, inter alia, Julius Gold and Kathleen Parlow. He composed five symphonies in addition, a concert overture and a violin concerto, among other things chamber works, including two string quintets, as well as the cantatas Praise Ye The Lord and Christmas and numerous songs.

Swell

  • WL Hubbard: The American History and Encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies Part One, reprint Kessinger Publishing, 2005, ISBN 9781417907120, p.386
  • Hugo Riemann: Handbook of the History of Music: Volume 2, part 3, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1913, p 347
  • Composer
  • Classical violinist
  • Music teacher
  • Born in 1839
  • Died in 1905
  • Man
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