Henry Heyman

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Henry Heyman (* 1838 in Oakland / California , † 1924 in San Francisco ) was an American violinist and music teacher .

Heyman studied literature at the College of California , the precursor of the University of California , before moving to Leipzig to study music. His teachers at the Leipzig Conservatory included Ferdinand David , Ernst Friedrich Richter , Engelbert Röntgen and Salomon Jadassohn . After the excellent graduation he became leader of a string quartet and solo violinist at the court of Friederike von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg in Bernburg.

After returning to San Francisco, he founded his own successful string quartet and was one of the founding members of the city's Philharmonic Society . Together with Gustav Hinrich he organized a series of orchestral concerts. He also gained international renown on concert tours. Camille Saint-Saëns dedicated an elegy for violin and piano to him, and David Kalākaua , the last king of Hawaii , raised him to the nobility and awarded him the title of Royal Hawaiian Solo Violinist.

Heyman was also active as a violin teacher (including Julius Gold was one of his students). For several years he was a director of the San Francisco Art Association and School of Design .

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