Herz, Henri, pianist and composer, born in Vienna, the son of a Jew; his compositions attained a wide popularity in Europe, and as a pianist he was received with great favour in England and America; he was decorated with the Legion of Honour, and from 1842 to 1874 was professor at the Paris Conservatoire; (b. 1806).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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