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Anthony Philip Heinrich
Born: 11th March 1781, Bohemia
Died: 3rd May 1861, New York City, NY. United States
Nationality: American
Anthony Philip Heinrich 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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