1. Henri Hinrichsen was a German music publisher and patron of music in Leipzig.
12 Facts About Henri Hinrichsen
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Henri Hinrichsen helped found the Hochschule fur Frauen zu Leipzig, the first academy for women in Germany, and financed the acquisition of a collection of musical instruments by the University of Leipzig.
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Henri Hinrichsen published works by his contemporaries, such as Johannes Brahms and Edvard Grieg, who was his friend and had a room on the upper floor of the building which housed both the business and the family.
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Henri Hinrichsen was the first to add works by Gustav Mahler, Hans Pfitzner, Max Reger, Arnold Schonberg and Hugo Wolf to the house's products, and in 1932, he acquired the rights to seven early tone poems by Richard Strauss.
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Henri Hinrichsen was a Geheimer Kommerzienrat, Handelsrichter and Stadtverordneter in Leipzig.
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Henri Hinrichsen was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Leipzig in 1929.
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In 1911, Hinrichsen was a patron of the Hochschule fur Frauen zu Leipzig, the first academy for women in Germany, founded by Henriette Goldschmidt, whose work he supported.
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Henri Hinrichsen was a patriotic German who had been recognized by Wilhelm II, the German emperor.
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Henri Hinrichsen's wife died in Brussels on 7 October 1941, because as a Jew she could not get insulin to treat her diabetes.
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Henri Hinrichsen was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was murdered on 17 September 1942.
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On 29 May 1929, Henri Hinrichsen received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Leipzig.
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Property looted by Nazis from Henri Hinrichsen, including artworks, are being searched for.