Henriette Arnstein was the daughter of Fanny (Franziska) and Nathan Arnstein. She continued her mother’s salons and led a quieter life than her mother, although she had many talents of herself, among others, she was a gifted pianist. She comforted Haydn in his elder days, and Beethoven, who was afraid of big crowds, played in her intimate circle. She converted to Christianity, but married Heinrich Pereira, a Sephardi Jew whom her father adopted, and who, like his parents in law, was enobled.
Henriette Arenteisn’s salon was described as one of the few centres of cultural activity before the 1848 revolution, and attracted many well known writers and artists. Henriette’s salon, because of its quiet nature, was not endangered by Metternich’s policy that did not allow subversive talk or the spreading of ideas which could lead to a rebellion.