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Sir Charles Halle

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Sir Charles Halle

Birth
Hagen, Stadtkreis Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
25 Oct 1895 (aged 76)
Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Burial
Weaste, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England Add to Map
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Conductor, Pianist, Composer. Founder of England's world famous Halle Orchestra. Born Karl Halle in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany, he studied at Darmstadt and went to Paris in 1836. The Revolution of 1848 drove him from France and he settled in London. From 1853 he was director of the Gentlemen's Concerts in Manchester where, in 1858, he established the Halle Orchestra and built it into one of the finest in Europe. He was knighted in 1888.
Conductor, Pianist, Composer. Founder of England's world famous Halle Orchestra. Born Karl Halle in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany, he studied at Darmstadt and went to Paris in 1836. The Revolution of 1848 drove him from France and he settled in London. From 1853 he was director of the Gentlemen's Concerts in Manchester where, in 1858, he established the Halle Orchestra and built it into one of the finest in Europe. He was knighted in 1888.

Bio by: Mike Berrell

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23155437/charles-halle: accessed ), memorial page for Sir Charles Halle (11 Apr 1819–25 Oct 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 23155437, citing Weaste Cemetery, Weaste, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.