Sir William Sterndale Bennett
Composer
Sir William Sterndale Bennett
1816 - 1875Biography
Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 1816 – 1 February 1875) was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. At the age of ten Bennett was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he remained for ten years. By the age of twenty, he had begun to make a reputation as a concert pianist, and his compositions received high praise. Among those impressed by Bennett was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn, who invited him to Leipzig. There Bennett became friendly with Robert Schumann, who shared Mendelssohn's admiration for his compositions. Bennett spent three winters composing and performing in Leipzig.
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Song List
This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.
| Am Strande Op. 23 no.1 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
| Gentle Zephyr Op. 23 no.6 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
| Holder Zephyr Op. 23 no.6 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
| Indische Liebe Op. 35 no.1 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
| Maiden Mine Op. 47 no.1 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
| Maienthau (1837) Op. 23 no.2 1837-1842 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
| Waldeinsamkeit Op. 35 no.5 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
| Winters Macht Op. 35 no.2 | Sir William Sterndale Bennett |
