Henry Russell (1812 - 1900)

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Henry Russell (December 24, 1812 or 1813 Sheerness, Kent, UK ? December 8, 1900 London) was a popular English pianist, baritone singer and composer, born into a distinguished Jewish family.

In an eventful life on both sides of the Atlantic, Russell wrote the songs A Life on the Ocean Wave and the tune to George Morris's poem Woodman, Spare that Tree while living in the United States of America from 1835 to 1841, before settling in London to produce musical extravaganzas until he retired in 18 ... (lire la suite)
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