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Arthur Benjamin (18 Sep 1893 - 10 Apr 1960)

Male Person - Australia Australian composer / pianist / conductor

Relationships (9)

Students

  1. Miriam Hyde (1932 - 1935)
  2. Frederic Cliffe
  3. Stanley Bate
  4. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
  5. Peggy Glanville-Hicks
  6. Frederick Bridge
  7. Benjamin Britten
  8. Pamela Harrison
  9. Joan Trimble

Recordings by (3)

  1. Jamaican Rhumba 3:06 (2010)
  2. An Ideal Husband: Waltz 4:46 (31 Jul 2021)
  3. An Ideal Husband: Hyde Park Galop 1:41 (31 Jul 2021)

On Recordings (4)

Arranged

  1. Oboe Concerto in C Major (after Cimarosa’s Keyboard Sonatas): IV. Allegro giusto 2:42 Gordon Hunt & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (01 Dec 2001)
  2. Oboe Concerto in C Major (after Cimarosa’s Keyboard Sonatas): I. Introduzione 2:29 Gordon Hunt & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (01 Dec 2001)
  3. Oboe Concerto in C Major (after Cimarosa’s Keyboard Sonatas): II. Allegro 2:39 Gordon Hunt & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (01 Dec 2001)
  4. Oboe Concerto in C Major (after Cimarosa’s Keyboard Sonatas): III. Siciliana 2:40 Gordon Hunt & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (01 Dec 2001)

Credited as (15)

  1. Arthur Benjamin
  2. Arthur Benjamin arr. William Primrose
  3. Arthur Benjamin, Leighton Lucas; BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba
  4. Domenico Cimarosa & Arthur Benjamin
  5. Arthur Benjamin, Edgar Bainton; Susan Bickley, Christopher Gillett, Wendy Hiscocks
  6. Arthur Benjamin / William Primrose
  7. Benjamin
  8. A. Benjamin
  9. Domenico Cimarosa arr. Arthur Benjamin
  10. Domenico Cimarosa / Arthur Benjamin
  11. Arthur Benjamin; Lawrence Power, Simon Crawford‐Phillips
  12. Scott, Benjamin, Saint‐Saëns; Jascha Heifetz, André Kostelanetz and His Orchestra
  13. Arthur Benjamin; Lorraine McAslan, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Gibbons
  14. Arthur Benjamin, Gordon Hunt & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
  15. Arthur Benjamin arr. Joan Trimble

Works (95)

Composed

  1. Three Pieces for Violin and Piano: Carnavalesque: Tempo di valse (1921)
  2. Three Pieces for Violin and Piano: Humoresque: Non troppo allegro (1921)
  3. Three Pieces for Violin and Piano (1921 - 1924)
  4. Violin Sonatina (1924)
  5. Violin Sonatina: I. Tranquilly Flowing (1924)
  6. Violin Sonatina: II. Scherzo di stile antico (1924)
  7. Violin Sonatina: III. Rondo. Con moto ma non allegro (1924)
  8. Three Pieces for Violin and Piano: Arabesque (The Muted Pavane) (1924)
  9. Violin Concerto: I. Rhapsody (1931)
  10. Violin Concerto: II. Intermezzo (1931)
  11. Violin Concerto: III. Rondo (1931)
  12. Violin Concerto (1931)
  13. Overture to an Italian Comedy (1937)
  14. Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra (1937)
  15. Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra: I. Nocturne (1937)
  16. Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra: II. Scherzino (1937)
  17. Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra: III. Sonata: Allegro, tempo giusto (1937)
  18. A Tune and Variations for Little People (1937)
  19. Fanfare for a Festive Occasion (1938)
  20. Jamaican Rumba (1938)
  21. Jamaican Rumba (1938)
  22. Two Jamaican Pieces (1938)
  23. Jamaican Rumba (1938)
  24. Jamaican Rumba (1938)
  25. Jamaican Song (1938)
  26. Elegiac Mazurka (1941)
  27. Viola Sonata: II. Waltz. Quasi improvisatore – (1942)
  28. Viola Sonata: III. Toccata. Allegro ma non troppo (1942)
  29. Viola Sonata (1942)
  30. Viola Sonata: I. Elegy. Adagio e mesto (1942)
  31. Symphony no. 1 (1944 - 1945)
  32. Le tombeau de Ravel (1957)
  33. Fantasies: Book II: A Gay Study
  34. Fantasies: Book II: Silent and Soft and Slow Descends the Snow
  35. Fantasies: Book II: Waltz
  36. Fantasies: Book I: A Song With a Sad Ending
  37. Fantasies: Book I: Soldiers in the Distance
  38. Fantasies: Book I: A Cloudlet - Like a Swan It Sailed
  39. Fantasies
  40. Jamaican Song
  41. Elegy, Waltz and Toccata: III. Toccata
  42. Elegy, Waltz and Toccata: II. Waltz
  43. Elegy, Waltz and Toccata: I. Elegy
  44. From San Domingo
  45. Mattie Rag
  46. Mattie Rag
  47. Concertino for Piano and Orchestra: I. Allegro non troppo e ritmico
  48. Concertino for Piano and Orchestra: II. Andante poco lento
  49. Concertino for Piano and Orchestra: III. Scherzo. Presto scherzando
  50. Concertino for Piano and Orchestra: IV. Come primo ma meno allegro
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4643553A
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82149138
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82149138
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14832918r
  5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-783688
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62r3tx6
  7. https://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/10875.html
  8. https://d-nb.info/gnd/132531151

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Benjamin,_Arthur

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/840845

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001447426

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071280/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/61814849

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177229