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82429213 | Play | Rondo - Allegretto piacevole - Animato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429218 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: II. Andante sostenuto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429214 | Play | Andante grazioso | 00:00 Tools | |
82429215 | Play | Allegro moderato ma con passione | 00:00 Tools | |
82429216 | Play | Minuetto caracteristique - Andante grazioso - Minore | 00:00 Tools | |
90232049 | Play | Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: II. Scherzo. Quasi presto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429217 | Play | Quasi presto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429219 | Play | Adagio sostenuto - Allegro guisto e legerissimo - Maggiore-Allegro sostenuto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429220 | Play | Finale: Allegro assai ed energico | 00:00 Tools | |
82429221 | Play | Andante con moto aus der Sinfonie g-moll | 00:00 Tools | |
82429222 | Play | No. 4: Piano ed agitato - Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429226 | Play | Allegro grazioso, Op. 18 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429224 | Play | No. 9: Soave e gentile - Moderato con grazia | 00:00 Tools | |
82429225 | Play | Rondo piacevole, Op. 25 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429316 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: I. Allegro con brio | 00:00 Tools | |
82429223 | Play | Genevieve | 00:00 Tools | |
82429228 | Play | Capriccio in D minor, Op. 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429227 | Play | Scherzo, Op. 27 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429229 | Play | The Millstream | 00:00 Tools | |
82429230 | Play | No. 1: Agitato in B flat minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429231 | Play | No. 5: Pianissimo - Der Schmetterling. Allegro scherzando | 00:00 Tools | |
82429232 | Play | No. 3: Agitato in G minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429233 | Play | No. 20: Allegro deciso - Caprice | 00:00 Tools | |
82429246 | Play | 4 Pieces, Op. 28: I. Introduction | 00:00 Tools | |
82429234 | Play | The End | 00:00 Tools | |
82429235 | Play | Lento | 00:00 Tools | |
82429236 | Play | Pastorale | 00:00 Tools | |
82429237 | Play | No. 27: Andantino | 00:00 Tools | |
82429238 | Play | No. 8: Agitato - Moderato con punto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429295 | Play | Symphony in G Minor, Op. 43: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429284 | Play | Caprice in E major, Op. 22 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429239 | Play | Presto agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429240 | Play | Serenata: Moderato grazioso | 00:00 Tools | |
82429241 | Play | Finale: Presto agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429242 | Play | In the Fields | 00:00 Tools | |
82429243 | Play | No. 1: Andante espressivo in B minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429244 | Play | No. 29: Leggierissimo - Scherzetto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429245 | Play | In the Field | 00:00 Tools | |
82429247 | Play | Piano Concerto No.5 in F Minor - I. Allegro moderato [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429279 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 1: Allegro Brillante - Moderato Semplice | 00:00 Tools | |
82429248 | Play | Allegro grazioso Op.18 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429249 | Play | No. 11: Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429264 | Play | Allegro grazioso op. 18 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429253 | Play | 4 Pieces, Op. 28: II. Pastorale | 00:00 Tools | |
82429367 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 9: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429277 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 4: Piano Ed Agitato - Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429282 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 10: Lento E Grave - Lento Sostenuto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429254 | Play | Piano concerto No. 5 in F minor: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429250 | Play | No. 23: Andante amabile - Armonioso amabile | 00:00 Tools | |
82429251 | Play | No. 13: Allegretto amabile | 00:00 Tools | |
82429252 | Play | Rondino | 00:00 Tools | |
82429291 | Play | 3 Romances, Op. 14: No. 3: Agitato In G Minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429293 | Play | 3 Impromptus, Op. 12: No. 1: Andante Espressivo In B Minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429257 | Play | 4 Pieces, Op. 28: III. Rondino | 00:00 Tools | |
82429271 | Play | 4 Pieces, Op. 28: IV. Capriccio | 00:00 Tools | |
82429297 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 5: Pianissimo - Der Schmetterling. Allegro Scherzando | 00:00 Tools | |
82429314 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 3: Legato Espressivo - Molto Tranquillo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429312 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 7: Soave E Gentile - 9/8 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429296 | Play | 3 Impromptus, Op. 12: No. 2: Grazioso In E Major | 00:00 Tools | |
82429255 | Play | The Fountain | 00:00 Tools | |
82429256 | Play | No. 19: Tempo giusto - Aria. Assai moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429311 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 6: Moderato - Minuetto - Quasi Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
82429313 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 8: Agitato - Moderato Con Punto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429258 | Play | The Prison | 00:00 Tools | |
82429259 | Play | No. 12: Lento - Allegretto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429260 | Play | No. 21: Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429261 | Play | No. 30: 6/8 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429262 | Play | Presto leggiero | 00:00 Tools | |
82429263 | Play | The Lake | 00:00 Tools | |
82429323 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 15: Riposatamente - Sostenuto Armonioso | 00:00 Tools | |
82429309 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 19: Tempo Giusto - Aria. Assai Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429310 | Play | Genevieve, Woo 42: Genevieve | 00:00 Tools | |
82429352 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 2. in A Flat Major, Op. 46, "The Maid Of Orleans": Iv. The End | 00:00 Tools | |
82429324 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 2. in A Flat Major, Op. 46, "The Maid Of Orleans": Ii. In The Field | 00:00 Tools | |
82429326 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 9: Soave E Gentile - Moderato Con Grazia | 00:00 Tools | |
82429315 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 2: Espressivo - Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
82429265 | Play | Capricciosa: Andante - Allegretto leggiero | 00:00 Tools | |
82429266 | Play | Agitato assai | 00:00 Tools | |
82429267 | Play | No. 3: Presto in F sharp minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429268 | Play | No. 10: Lento e grave - Lento sostenuto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429269 | Play | No. 18: Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429270 | Play | No. 2: Grazioso in E major | 00:00 Tools | |
82429322 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 29: Leggierissimo - Scherzetto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429336 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 14: Lento Maestoso - Gemuthsbewegung. Presto Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429353 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 11: Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429354 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 12: Lento - Allegretto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429278 | Play | Adagio | 00:00 Tools | |
82429377 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 9: III. Allegro agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429272 | Play | No. 28: Cantando - Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429273 | Play | No. 15: Riposatamente - Sostenuto armonioso | 00:00 Tools | |
82429274 | Play | Capriccio | 00:00 Tools | |
82429275 | Play | Scherzo: Allegro agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429276 | Play | No. 17: 2/4 (a study in 64th notes) | 00:00 Tools | |
82429318 | Play | Suite De Pieces, Op. 24: I. Presto Leggiero | 00:00 Tools | |
82429306 | Play | Suite De Pieces, Op. 24: III. Agitato Assai | 00:00 Tools | |
82429308 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 13: I. Moderato Espressivo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429335 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 22: Lamentevole | 00:00 Tools | |
82429338 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 20: Allegro Deciso - Caprice | 00:00 Tools | |
82429337 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 16: Adagio Sostenuto - Alla Marcia | 00:00 Tools | |
82429341 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 18: Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429339 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 30: 6/8 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429344 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 13: Allegretto Amabile | 00:00 Tools | |
82429342 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 27: Andantino | 00:00 Tools | |
82429343 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 28: Cantando - Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429345 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 25: Der Zephyr | 00:00 Tools | |
82429346 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 26: Il Penseroso. Moderato Con Sentimento | 00:00 Tools | |
82429348 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 23: Andante Amabile - Armonioso Amabile | 00:00 Tools | |
82429347 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 24: Plaintivo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429325 | Play | 3 Musical Sketches, Op. 10: No. 2 The Millstream | 00:00 Tools | |
82429363 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 2. in A Flat Major, Op. 46, "The Maid Of Orleans": I. In The Fields | 00:00 Tools | |
82429280 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op.43 - I. Allegro moderato [Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429281 | Play | No. 6: Moderato - Minuetto - Quasi andante | 00:00 Tools | |
82429283 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op.43 - II. Introduzione al Minuetto. Maestoso [Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429286 | Play | No. 2: Moderato grazioso in E flat major | 00:00 Tools | |
82429288 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op.43 - IV. Romanza. Larghetto cantabile [Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429287 | Play | No. 2: Espressivo - Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
82429289 | Play | No. 14: Lento maestoso - Gemuthsbewegung. Presto agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429290 | Play | No. 25: Der Zephyr | 00:00 Tools | |
82429319 | Play | Suite De Pieces, Op. 24: II. Capricciosa: Andante - Allegretto Leggiero | 00:00 Tools | |
82429307 | Play | Suite De Pieces, Op. 24: IV. Alla Fantasia: Moderato Quasi Andante | 00:00 Tools | |
82429333 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 13: IV. Finale: Presto Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429340 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 21: Moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429292 | Play | 3 Romances, Op. 14: No. 1: Agitato In B Flat Minor | 00:00 Tools | |
88561222 | Play | Come live with me | 00:00 Tools | |
88561219 | Play | Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 13: I. Moderato espressivo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429294 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op. 43 - I. Allegro moderato [Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Bostock] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429371 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: III. Finale: Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429299 | Play | No. 26: Il penseroso. Moderato con sentimento | 00:00 Tools | |
82429285 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op.43 - III. Minuetto. Moderato con grazia [Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429300 | Play | Caprice in E, Op. 22: Caprice in E, Op. 22 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429301 | Play | No. 16: Adagio sostenuto - Alla marcia | 00:00 Tools | |
82429302 | Play | Introduction | 00:00 Tools | |
82429303 | Play | Moderato espressivo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429304 | Play | No. 24: Plaintivo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429305 | Play | "Barcarolle" Andante cantabile aus Klavierkonzert Nr.4 f-moll | 00:00 Tools | |
82429331 | Play | Suite De Pieces, Op. 24: V. Presto Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429360 | Play | Suite De Pieces, Op. 24: VI. Lento | 00:00 Tools | |
82429320 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 13: II. Scherzo: Allegro Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429362 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 2. in A Flat Major, Op. 46, "The Maid Of Orleans": Iii. The Prison | 00:00 Tools | |
82429298 | Play | Piano Concerto No.5 in F Minor - II. Romanza Pastorale [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429358 | Play | "Barcarolle" Andante cantabile aus Klavierkonzert Nr. 4 f-moll | 00:00 Tools | |
82429380 | Play | Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: I. Allegro moderato ma con passione | 00:00 Tools | |
90232050 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 1: III. Finale. Presto - Scherzo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429327 | Play | Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.9 - I. Allegro moderato [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429332 | Play | Piano Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 13: III. Serenata: Moderato Grazioso | 00:00 Tools | |
82429321 | Play | Capriccio, Op. 2: Capriccio In D Minor, Op. 2 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429349 | Play | 3 Musical Sketches, Op. 10: No. 3 The Fountain | 00:00 Tools | |
88561227 | Play | 3 Impromptus, Op. 12: No. 3: Presto in F-Sharp Minor | 00:00 Tools | |
88561229 | Play | 3 Romances, Op. 14: No. 1: Agitato in B-Flat Minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429328 | Play | Piano concerto No. 5 in F minor: II. Romanza Pastorale | 00:00 Tools | |
90232051 | Play | String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429329 | Play | Andante con moto de la symphonie en sol mineur | 00:00 Tools | |
82429370 | Play | Symphony in G Minor, Op. 43: III. Romanza | 00:00 Tools | |
82429330 | Play | No. 7: Soave e gentile - 9/8 | 00:00 Tools | |
82429317 | Play | No. 3: Legato espressivo - Molto tranquillo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429334 | Play | 3 Impromptus, Op. 12: No. 3: Presto In F Sharp Minor | 00:00 Tools | |
82429361 | Play | 3 Musical Sketches, Op. 10: No. 1 The Lake | 00:00 Tools | |
82429350 | Play | Rondeau à la Polonaise op. 37 - Live | 00:00 Tools | |
82429351 | Play | 3 Romances, Op. 14: No. 2: Moderato Grazioso In E Flat Major | 00:00 Tools | |
82429385 | Play | Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: III. Andante grazioso | 00:00 Tools | |
90232052 | Play | String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: III. Menuetto. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
90232053 | Play | String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: II. Adagio | 00:00 Tools | |
82429382 | Play | Symphony in G Minor, Op. 43: IV. Intermezzo, Presto | 00:00 Tools | |
82429355 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 4: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429356 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op. 43 - II. Introduzione al Minuetto. Maestoso [Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Bostock] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429357 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 4: II. Adagio espressivo | 00:00 Tools | |
82429359 | Play | Alla fantasia: Moderato quasi andante | 00:00 Tools | |
88561221 | Play | Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 13: II. Allegro agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
88561220 | Play | Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 13: III. Moderato grazioso | 00:00 Tools | |
90232054 | Play | 3 Romances, Op. 14: No. 2: Moderato grazioso in E-Flat Major | 00:00 Tools | |
82429364 | Play | No. 22: Lamentevole | 00:00 Tools | |
90232055 | Play | String Quartet in G Major, WoO 17: IV. Finale. Allegro | 00:00 Tools | |
82429365 | Play | Piano concerto No. 5 in F minor: III. Presto Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429374 | Play | Symphony in G Minor, Op. 43: II. Minuetto and Trio | 00:00 Tools | |
82429383 | Play | The Wood Nymphs, Op. 20: Overture | 00:00 Tools | |
82429384 | Play | The May Queen, Op. 39: Overture | 00:00 Tools | |
82429388 | Play | 3 Musical Sketches, Op. 10: No. 1. The Lake | 00:00 Tools | |
82429366 | Play | No. 1: Allegro brillante - Moderato semplice | 00:00 Tools | |
82429368 | Play | 30 Preludes And Lessons, Op. 33: No. 17: 2/4(A Study In 64th Notes) | 00:00 Tools | |
90232056 | Play | Piano Sextet in F Sharp Minor Op. 8 IV: Finale Allegro assai ed energico | 00:00 Tools | |
88561223 | Play | Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 13: IV. Presto agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429369 | Play | Piano Concerto No.5 in F Minor - III. Presto Agitato [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429386 | Play | Parisina, Op. 3: Overture | 00:00 Tools | |
82429376 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 9: II. Romanza | 00:00 Tools | |
88561224 | Play | The Naiades, Op. 15: Overture | 00:00 Tools | |
82429375 | Play | Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.9 - II. Romanza. Andante espressivo [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429372 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op. 43 - III. Minuetto. Moderato con grazia [Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Bostock] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429373 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat, Op. 4: III. Vivace Giocoso | 00:00 Tools | |
88561228 | Play | Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: IV. Finale: Allegro assai ed energico | 00:00 Tools | |
90232057 | Play | 30 Preludes and Lessons, Op. 33: No. 17: 2/4 (a study in 64th notes) | 00:00 Tools | |
88561225 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 19: II. Romanza Pastorale | 00:00 Tools | |
82429378 | Play | Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.9 - III. Allegro agitato [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429379 | Play | Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op.1 - I. Allegro con brio [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
88561226 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 19: III. Presto Agitato | 00:00 Tools | |
82429381 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 19 | 00:00 Tools | |
90232058 | Play | Piano Sextet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 8: II. Quasi presto | 00:00 Tools | |
90232059 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 9: II. Romanza. Andante espressivo | 00:00 Tools | |
88561230 | Play | Piano Concerto No.2 in E-flat major, op.4 - I. Allegro moderato [Malcolm Binns, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Nicholas Braithwaite] | 00:00 Tools | |
82429387 | Play | Symphony in G minor, Op. 43 - IV. Romanza. Larghetto cantabile [Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Bostock] | 00:00 Tools | |
90232060 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 4: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools | |
88561231 | Play | Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 19: I. Allegro moderato | 00:00 Tools |
Sir William Sterndale Bennett (April 13, 1816 - February 1, 1875) was an English musical composer. Bennett was born at Sheffield, the son of Robert Bennett, an organist. Having lost his father at an early age, he was brought up at Cambridge by his grandfather, from whom he received his first musical education. He entered the choir of King's College chapel in 1824. In 1826 he entered the Royal Academy of Music, and remained a pupil of that institution for the next ten years, studying pianoforte under W. H. Holmes and Cipriani Potter, and composition under Charles Lucas and Dr Crotch. It was during this time that he wrote several of his most appreciated works, in which may be traced influences of the contemporary movement of music in Germany, which country he frequently visited during the years 1836-1842. At one of the Rhenish musical festivals in Düsseldorf he made the personal acquaintance of Mendelssohn, and soon afterwards renewed it at Leipzig, where the talented young Englishman was welcomed by the leading musicians of the rising generation. At one of the celebrated Gewandhaus concerts he played his third pianoforte concerto, which was received enthusiastically. A laudatory account of the event was written by Robert Schumann, who pronounced Bennett to be the most musikalisch of all Englishmen, and an angel of a musician (copying Gregory's pun on Angli and Angeli). But it was Mendelssohn's influence that dominated Bennett's mode of utterance. A good example of this may be studied in Bennett's Capriccio in D minor. His great success on the continent established his position on his return to England. In 1834 he was elected organist of St Anne's chapel (now church), Wandsworth. In this year he composed his Overture to Parisina, and his Concerto in C minor, modelled on Mozart. An unpublished concerto in F minor, and the overture to the Naiads, impressed the firm of Broadwood and Sons so favourably in 1836 that they offered the composer a year in Leipzig, where the Naiads overture was performed at a Gewandhaus concert on the 13th of February 1837. Bennett visited Leipzig a second time in 1840-1841, when he composed his Caprice in E for pianoforte and orchestra and his overture Die Waldnymphe (The Wood Nymphs). He settled in London, devoting himself chiefly to practical teaching. In 1844 he married Mary Anne, daughter of Captain James Wood, R.N. He was made Professor of Music, Cambridge University in 1856, the year in which he was engaged as permanent conductor of the Philharmonic Society. This latter post he held until 1866, when he became principal of the Royal Academy of Music. Owing to his professional duties, his latter years were not creatively fertile, and what he then wrote was scarcely equal to the productions of his youth. The principal charm of Bennett's compositions (not to mention his absolute mastery of the musical form) consists in the tenderness of their conception, rising occasionally to sweetest lyrical intensity. Except for opera, Bennett tried his hand at almost all the different forms of vocal and instrumental writing. His best works include piano music (his three sketches, The Lake, The Millstream and The Fountain, and his third piano concerto); orchestral music (his Symphony in G minor, and his overture The Naiads); and vocal music (his cantata The May Queen, written for the inaugural Leeds Festival in 1858). For the golden jubilee of the Philharmonic Society he wrote the overture Paradise and the Peri in 1862. He also wrote a sacred cantata, The Woman of Samaria, first performed at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in 1867. In 1870 the University of Oxford conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.C.L. A year later he was knighted, and in 1872 he received a public testimonial before a large audience at St James's Hall, London, the money subscribed being devoted to the foundation of a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music. Shortly before his death he produced a sonata called The Maid of Orleans, an elaborate piece of programme-music based on Schiller's tragedy. He died at his house in St John's Wood, London. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.