Anthony Philip Heinrich
American composer
Died when: 80 years 53 days (961 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Anthony Philip Heinrich (March 11, 1781 – May 3, 1861) was the first "full-time" American composer, and the most prominent before the American Civil War.
He did not start composing until he was 36, after losing his business fortune in the Napoleonic Wars.For most of his career he was known as "Father Heinrich," an emeritus figure of America's small classical music community.
He chaired the founding meeting of the New York Philharmonic Society in 1842.
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