Henry Schoenefeld

{{Short description|American conductor (1857–1936)}}

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Henry Schoenefeld, also spelled Henry Schoenfeld (October 4, 1857 in Milwaukee – August 4, 1936 in Los Angeles) was an American composer.

Schoenfeld studied in the German Empire at the Weimar Conservatory. He moved to Chicago in 1879, when he began conducting Germania Männerchor that year{{cite book|last=Bomberger|first=E. Douglas|title="A Tidal Wave of Encouragement": American Composers' Concerts in the Gilded Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tOHP3HjQnEC&pg=PA226|accessdate=15 March 2014|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780275974466|pages=111–112}} and 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.

Schoenfeld taught at UCLA and many of his students, such as Roy Harris, went on to have successful careers. His son was the harpsichordist George Schoenefeld.Musical America - Volume 28 - Page 357 1918 GEORGE SCHOENEFELD AN INTERPRETER WITH OUR FORCES ABROAD George Schoenefeld, Los Angeles Musician, Now Serving with Pershing's Troops Los ANGELES, CAL., Sept. 14.—George Schoenefeld, interpreter, A. E. F. Police, now serving in France, is a son of Henry Schoenefeld, the well-known Los Angeles composer, formerly a native of Milwaukee. The father took ...The Macmillan encyclopedia of music and musicians ... - Page 1679

Albert Ernest Wier - 1938 Schoenefeld, George, American harpsichordist, born Chicago, Ill., June 24, 1887; son of Henry Schoenefeld; pupil of his father, then of Martin Krause in Berlin, Marc de la Nux in Paris, and Harold Bauer. He became interested in, and ... Schoenefeld, Henry, American composer and pianist, born Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 4, 1857; died in 1936. He studied at the Leipzig ...