Composer / Arranger
A.k.a. Herbert Forrest Odell
Mandolinist and teacher, composer, arranger, and publisher from Boston, MA (1872-1926). The son of Ira H. Odell, musician, conductor, and instrument maker, H.F. Odell originally studied violin, piano, organ and voice. He discovered the mandolin in 1893, and two years later traveled to Paris to study with mandolin virtuoso Jean Pietrapertosa. He returned to Boston to teach mandolin and play with the Boston Opera Company orchestra. He later formed the 60-piece Langham Orchestra, which was renamed the Odell Orchestra.