Charles Halle formerly Karl Halle 1819 - 1895
Charles Halle formerly Karl Halle, The Halle Orchestra was founded in Manchester in 1858 by the pianist and conductor Charles Halle and gave its first concert at the Free Trade Hall on 30 January 1858. His father was an organist, and Charles had his first lessons from him, before studying in Darmstadt and Paris. In 1848, Hallâe moved to England, settling in Manchester. He started a series of classical concerts there, for which he founded the Hallâe Orchestra in 1858. He condcuted elsewhere in the country also, as well as performing as a pianist. Charles Hallâe was knighted in 1888. See the partly autobiographical Life and Letters of Sir Charles Hallâe (ed. by C. E. Hallâe and M. Hallâe, 1896, repr. 1973); biography by C. Rigby (1952).
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| Born: Hagen, , Westphalia, Germany 11th Apr 1819 | Baptised:
| | Died: Manchester, England 25th Oct 1895 | Buried: Salford, Lancs., , England 1895
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| 11th Apr 1819 | Born (birth) Hagen, Westphalia, Germany | | 1895 | Buried (burial) Salford, Lancs., England | | 25th Oct 1895 | Died (death) Manchester, England |
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