Henry Schoenfeld
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Henry Schoenfeld (October 4, 1857, Milwaukee – August 4, 1936, Los Angeles) was an American composer.
Schoenfeld studied in Germany at the Weimar Conservatory. He settled in Chicago in 1879, and conducted a mixed choir there from 1891 to 1902. In 1904, he again became a choir master and conducted the Woman's Symphony Orchestra in Los Angeles.
His compositions included two operas, a Rural Symphony, a suite on Indian themes for strings, and two Indian legends, as well as numerous pieces for piano.