Philip A. Herfort, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German musician
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Philip A. Herfort
- Philip Adolph Herfort (November 28, 1851 – March 24, 1921) was a German violinist and orchestra leader. He was born in Berlin, Prussia (now Germany) to Jewish parents, Adolph (Aron) Herfort (1818–1900) and Clara Herfort (1830–1907) née Maass.
- Philip Herfort married Antonie Theodore Johanne Lupprian on December 15, 1877 in New York City and fathered four children: Sophie (1879–1966), Paul (1880–1967), Gunther (1888–1986), and Walter (1886–1887). Herfort studied music under Joseph Joachim at the Royal Academy of Music (Königlich Akademischen Hochschule für ausübende Tonkunst) in Berlin.
- He first came to the United States through the port of New York City on August 5, 1876 on the SS Donau.
- That same year, 1876, he appeared with Theodore Thomas at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
- Herfort was first violin and viola of the New York Philharmonic Society (now the New York Philharmonic) and the New York Symphony Orchestra.
- For many years, he was the orchestra leader of the Metropolitan Opera.
- He was also the director of the Koster and Bial's Music Hall and the Long Beach Hotel, at its beginning and at the height of its popularity.
- He was the former musical director for E.
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- Sothern and Sarah Bernhardt Productions, and was a member of the Venth-Kronold String Quartet, which was founded and led by the musician Carl Venth.
- He was also a member of the Aschenbrodel Verein, a musical society. Philip Herfort died on March 24, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York and is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.
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