author
Henry Charles Lahee
1856–1953
A London-born writer who made music history feel lively and approachable, he built his reputation through wide-ranging books on singers, violinists, pianists, opera, and musical life in America. His work helped turn musical biography into something curious readers could happily browse.
3 Audiobooks
Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday
by Henry Charles Lahee
Annals of Music in America: A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events
by Henry Charles Lahee
Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday
by Henry Charles Lahee
About the author
Born in London on July 2, 1856, Henry Charles Lahee became known as a writer on music and musical biography. He studied at St Michael's College, Tenbury, and at the Nautical Training College in Greenhithe before going on to build a career centered on music writing.
Lahee is especially remembered for a long run of reference-style books on performers and musical culture, including Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday, Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday, Famous Pianists of To-day and Yesterday, The Organ and Its Masters, Grand Opera in America, and Annals of Music in America. From 1891 to 1899, he also served as secretary of the New England Conservatory of Music.
He died in 1953, and reference sources list April 11, 1953, with ties to Hingham, Massachusetts. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources checked, so a profile image is not included here.