HERWEGH, h6r'NliK, GEORG ( 1S1 7-73). A German poet. He was born at Stuttgart; was educated there and at Manlbronn, forsook theol ogy, which he had begun to study, for literature, mid returned to Stuttgart, where lie cormeratcd in Lewald's Europa. In 1S41 he was living in Switzerland and published Uediehte eines L•ben diyen (last ed. 1890), political poetry full of the unrest. the dissatisfaction with the existing eonditions. and the uncertainty as to what should take its !dace, that marked the period. These fervent effusions became immensely popular, so that when, after a short trip to Paris, Ilerwegh journeyed through Germany in 1842, he was greeted with enthusiasm everywhere. King Fliedrieli Wilhelm IV. gave him an audience, and assured him that lie liked nothing better than an energetic opposition. But the young man overstepped all the bounds of eom-en tionality in a letter to the King, and was hurried out of Prussia. At Zurich he found no pleasant reception, and he took up his abode in Paris, and wrote a second volume of Crilichle cities Lctcndiyen (1844). In this his republican tendencies were more plain than ever, hut his inspiration seemed weaker. Ile translated all of Lamartine into German (1843-44). After the Revolution of February, 184S, Herwegh made several carry out his republican ideas by invading Baden at the head of a legion of Gorman and French workingmen, but was defeat ed by the Wfirttemberg troops, and escaped only through the bravery of his wife. Thereafter he lived in retirement in Paris, and later in Zfirich and at Lieldenthal, near Baden-Baden. The most important work of his later years was the trans lation of many of Shakespeare's plays. Consult Marcel Herwegh, Bricje von and an Georg Her ireph (Zurich, ISM).
HERZ, W•ts. IlExtu (1806-88). A French pianist, born in Vienna. lle studied music under Mitten at Coblenz and at the Paris Conserva tory, where he won first prize for piano-playing. Ile made a number of tours which were highly successful : in Germany, with the violinist ',aloud (1831) ; in London. appearing with Moseheles and Cramer (1834) : in the United States, Mex ico, and the West Indies (1845-31). Frnm IS12 In 1874 he was professor of pMno-playing at the Paris Conservatory. He founded a piano factory, and in 1855 his instrnments received first prize at the Paris Exhibition. Herz's compositions were COD fe,set111' Written In Caleb the popular fancy. am]. though I MI' succeeded. permanent value. llis best works were Dudes-, and exercises for the piano. lie published Meg voyages en .-lau'rigac (186(1), a series of letters describing his American tour.
HERZ, 1TrxraETTE (1764-15)71. A German woman, distinguished for her rare beauty and cultivation, as \veil as by her relations to many of the most distinguished men of her time. She was born in Berlin, the daughter of a Jewish physician, Benjamin de Lamos, and at fifteen years of age la-came the wife of Markus Herz, a rich and elderly physician. Iler home became the centre of the literary life of Berlin. and such men as the Ilumbohlts, Friedrich and August Wilhelm Schlegel, Fichte. Varnhagen von Ense and his wife Rachel, Schleiermacher, and Borne were her intimate friends. She was left a widow in 1803, and became a Christian in 1817. Con sult Furst, Ilenriette Herz.: Ihr Lcben end ihre Erinnerungen (Berlin, 1850).