Henry Kimball Hadley

Henry Kimball Hadley (born December 20, 1871 in Somerville / Massachusetts , † September 6, 1937 in New York City ) was an American composer and conductor.

Hadley studied in Boston with Benjamin Dwight Allen , Stephen Albert Emery and George Chadwick and in Vienna with Eusebius Mandyczewski . From 1896 to 1904 he was organist in Garden City / Long Island , after which he returned to Europe, where he studied with Ludwig Thuille . From 1909 to 1911 he was the conductor of the Seattle Symphony , after which he became the first conductor of the newly formed San Francisco Symphony . From 1920 to 1927 he was conductor of the New York Philharmonic Society and from 1929 to 1932 of the Manhattan Symphony Orchestra, which he founded .

He composed six operas , operettas and musicals , four symphonies , two symphonic poems, a symphonic fantasy, an orchestral rhapsody, overtures , a cello and a piano concerto, chamber music and four choral works as well as songs .

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SURNAME	Hadley, Henry Kimball
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 20, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH	Somerville , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	September 6, 1937
Place of death	New York City