Henry Hadley
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| Birth name | Henry Kimball Hadley | |
| Born | 20 December 1871 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Died | 6 September 1937 (age 65) New York, New York, United States |
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| Genre(s) | Classical | |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor | |
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Boston Symphony San Francisco Symphony Seattle Symphony |
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Henry Kimball Hadley (20 December 1871 – 6 September 1937) was an American composer and conductor, born in Somerville, Massachusetts.
He conducted the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in 1909 and founder of the the San Francisco Symphony in 1911. Hadley was invited by Warner Brothers to conduct its first studio orchestra for the soundtrack music for its 1926 film, Don Juan with John Barrymore; this was the first film with synchronized music and sound effects. He wrote a complete original score for the 1927 Barrymore film When a Man Loves.
Hadley was also a guiding spirit of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and particularly in establishing the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, Massachusetts in 1934. Serge Koussevitsky, the Boston Symphony's music director from 1924 to 1949, became the director of the festival in 1936. Hadley was also a talented composer, whose music is largely neglected today, and he promoted contemporary music in his concerts. Hadley died in New York City, New York.
[edit] References
- Schneider, David (1983). The San Francisco Symphony. Novato, CA: Presidio Press. ISBN 089141181X.
- Schoenberg, Harold C (1967). The Great Conductors. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0671207350.
[edit] External links
- Henry Hadley Biography in the Classical Composers Database
- Henry Hadley in the Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- Henry Hadley Biography at Naxos Records
| Preceded by Michael Kegrize |
Music Directors, Seattle Symphony 1909–1911 |
Succeeded by John Spargur |
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| Henry Hadley (1911) • Alfred Hertz (1915) • Basil Cameron/Issay Dobrowen (1930) • Pierre Monteux (1935) • Enrique Jordá (1954) • Josef Krips (1963) • Seiji Ozawa (1970) • Edo de Waart (1977) • Herbert Blomstedt (1985) • Michael Tilson Thomas (1995) |
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