Herschel Steinberg

1890 - 1968  (77 years)

• Name	Herschel Steinberg
  Born	14 Dec 1890	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Herschel Henlere
  Occupation	performer
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  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-89677
  Died	13 Jan 1968	Wandsworth, , Surrey, England
  Person ID	I89677	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Steinberg,   b. 15 Dec 1868, , Russia ,   d. 1929, , New Jersey  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Sarah Bai,   b. 8 Mar 1871, Bausk, Latvia ,   d. 16 Jul 1952, Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Married	16 Dec 1889	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F26057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Herschel Henlere Novelty pianist, composer, parodist, and comedian Herschel Henlere (1890\endash 1968), from Galt, Ontario, was part of a wave of Canadian artists that included Maud Allan, Beatrice Lillie, and Guy Lombardo who performed in British music hall and variety in the period 1890 to 1940. Although largely forgotten today, Henlere was a popular performer on the British music hall scene from 1920 to 1940. An eccentric comedian billed as 'The Well-Known French-Canadian Pianist Entertainer' and 'The Mirthful Music Master,' and shockingly known as 'Jizz,' signifying jazz and semen, Henlere was notorious for running long and typically appeared last on the bill so the curtain could close on him. A Salvador Dali look-alike, he drew on Surrealist and Dada aesthetics and on the ragtime, jazz, big band, and dance hall phenomena that were then sweeping Britain. Experimenting with percussive sound, he anticipated the prepared piano of John Cage. Henlere secured an original creative agency for himself and promoted a distinctive Canadian brand of showmanship overseas. Herschel Henlere - IMDb. (2020). Retrieved 21 April 2020, from https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377101/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm __________________ HERSCHEL HENLERE b: (Herschel Steinberg) 14 December 1890, Waterloo, Canada\emdash d: 13 January 1968, London, England Variety, to fulfill the promise of its meaning, required acts like Herschel Henlere's comedy piano act. He did not fit any precisely defined type of act. Like Victor Sorge. who came on the scene a generation later, Herschel was both a gifted pianist and a comedian. He billed himself variously as "The Mirthful Music Master" and "The Poet of the Piano:' Among the earliest records of his time in vaudeville was his stint as Anna Held's accompanist. He made his name, however, with his own novelty music act. He took popular songs and played them in various musical styles (as did forge with "Happy Birthday"), and Herschel was noted for dazzling audiences with quicksilver transitions from one composition to the next. He was popular in American vaudeville during the 1910s and capped his career in the United States with an appearance at the Palace in 1920. Herschel Henlere wrote a number of songs, including "Kismet, an Arabian Fox Trot," and made sound recordings and piano rolls. By 1921, he had based himself in England and played variety theatres and appeared in a few films, such as Soldiers of the King (1934), which starred Cicely Courtneidge, and Crazy People (1934). According to his grandnephew. Peter Mones, who has chronicled Henlere's career, Herschel made a Vitaphone short around 1930. He was still "working the halls" in 1956, only they were variety houses like Newcastle Empire. Henlerc performed in They Royal Variety of 18 November 1957, a gala that boasted performers like the Crazy Gang, Gracie Fields, Vera Lynn, Max Bygraves, Judy Garland, Count Basie, Harry Secombe and the Tiller Girls. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America By Frank Cullen, Florence Hackman, Donald

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Herschel Henlere b. 14 Dec 1890 Galt, s/o Joseph Steinberg Henlere res: Hartman's Hotel Galt, Occ: Business (Metals, etc.0 & Sarah Bai. I Mrs. Joseph Steinberg Henlere of Passaic, New Jersey, I am the mother. Hershel Henlere was my first born unto me Dec. 14, 1890 in Galt, Ontario at Hartman's Hotel, which was the residence of my husband and self at the time. The doctor was Dr. E. Warden. [S2160] U. S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925. Name:Herschel Steinberg Henlere Gender:Male Age:34 Birth Date:14 Dec 1889 Birth Place:Galt, Ontario, Canada Residence Place:New York, New York Passport Issue Date:27 Oct 1923 Father:Joseph Henlere Henlere,Herschel-0005-Passport.jpg Henlere,Herschel-0005a-Passport.jpg

  
  

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  Born - 14 Dec 1890 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Jan 1968 - Wandsworth, , Surrey, England  = Link to Google Earth