Henry Christian Timm (1811, Hamburg – 1892, New York City)
Mr. Timm was born in Hamburg in 1811. One of his teachers was Methfessel, composer of many popular partsongs for men's voices, at the time conductor of a singing society in Hamburg. He came to New York in 1835, gave a concert in the Park Theater, and at once leaped into public favor. From his brief memoir contributed to Professor Ritter's book* we learn that rather than teach he went on a concert tour in New England, which proving unsuccessful, he became second horn in the orchestra of the Park Theater. Next he conducted the performances of an opera troupe which went through the South for six months, became organist for a church in Baltimore, and gave concerts with Signora Velane and the baritone DeBegnis. Returned to New York, he became chorus-master and trombone player for C. E. Horn, who was about to open the new National Opera-House with his opera '' The Pilgrim of Love." The theater burned down, and Mr. Timm became organist at St. Thomas Church, and afterward at the Unitarian Church, in which position he remained eighteen years. Mr. Timm's extraordinary skill as a reader prima vista, not only of pianoforte music but also of orchestral scores, made him one of the most useful men connected with the Philharmonic Society.
[Krehbiel, p. 52]

Timm worked in New York as a concert pianist, teacher, organist, and chamber musician. He also helped conduct the New York Philharmonic and served as the President of the city's Philharmonic Society from 1847 to 1864. He composed a Great Mass and many part songs, besides transcribing the works of other composers into versions for two pianos.
[see Krehbiel pp. 51-52]