Sir Isidor George Henschel (18 February 1850 – 10 September 1934)[1] was a German-born British baritone, pianist, conductor, composer and academic teacher.

Georg Isidor Henschel was born at Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and educated as a pianist, making his first public appearance in Berlin in 1862.

[5][2] Henschel's very highly developed sense of interpretation and style made him an ideal concert singer, while he was no less distinguished as accompanist.

[6] In fact he sometimes combined both functions; he made records as late as 1928 for the Columbia Graphophone Company, singing Lieder by Schubert and Schumann to his own accompaniment.

[11] He also taught sopranos Lucia Dunham[12][13] and Vera Curtis;[14] bass and composer Edward M. Zimmerman;[15] and while in England, Mary Augusta Wakefield.

Henschel's compositions include songs, instrumental works, a Stabat Mater (Birmingham Festival, 1894), an opera, Nubia (Dresden, 1899), and a Requiem (Boston, 1903).