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Arthur Benjamin

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Birth
Monday, 18 September 1893
Sydney
Australia
Groups
Australia
Modern composers
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Death
Sunday, 10 April 1960
London
United Kingdom
Age: 
66

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Devil Take Her (The) ! • (1931) • Operas
Mañana • (1956) • Operas
Tale of Two Cities (A) • (1950) • Operas
Tartuffe • (1960) • Operas
Noces d'Argent d'Orlando (Les): ballet • (1951) • Ballets
Prima Donna • (1933) • Opera buffa
Ascension de l'Everest (L'): film music • Film score
Mari Ideal (Un): film music • Film score

Symphonic music

Fanfare pour un Gala • (1953) • Marches et Fanfares
Fanfare pour une Occasion Brillante • (1953) • Marches et Fanfares
Fanfare pour une Occasion de Fete • (1938) • Marches et Fanfares
Fanfare pour une Occasion Officielle • (1953) • Marches et Fanfares
Cotillon • (1938) • Suites
Light Music Suite • (1928) • Suites
Suite de Square Dances Nord-Americaines • (1951) • Suites
Valse et Galop de Hyde Park • (1947) • Danses de salon
Danse Caraibe • (1946) • Folk dances
Gigue de la Riviere Rouge • (1945) • Folk dances
Ballade: strings • (1947) • Songs
Symphony 1 • (1945) • Symphony
Pieces Jamaicaines • (1938) • Pièces
Praeludium: d'après un Prélude en si mineur de Mendelssohn • (1941) • Pièces
Prelude à un Jour Ferie • (1940) • Pièces
Prelude et Fugue: d'après Mendelssohn • (1941) • Pièces
Sonatine: chamber orchestra • (1940) • Sonates

Instrumental music

Odds and Ends: piano - 2 Livres • (1924) • Album à titre
Partons en Excursion: piano • (1936) • Album à titre
Suite: piano • (1927) • Suites
Sicilienne: piano • (1936) • Folk dances
Pastorale, Arioso et Finale: piano • (1936) • Love songs
Airs de Bruma: piano • (1950) • Chants particuliers
Pieces (Petites): piano • (1928) • Pièces
Chinoiserie: piano • (1936) • Pièces à titre
Jour de Pluie: piano • (1937) • Pièces à titre
Maison Hantee: piano • (1937) • Pièces à titre
Paix Forestiere: piano • (1937) • Pièces à titre
Parade de l'Ecureuil (La): piano • (1937) • Pièces à titre
Etudes Improvisees: piano • Pièces de caractère
Fantaisies (Nouvelles): piano • (1937) • Pièces de caractère
Fantaisies: piano • (1935) • Pièces de caractère
Scherzino: piano • (1936) • Scherzos

Chamber music

Quatuor 1 "Fantaisie pastorale": strings • (1942) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 2: strings • (1959) • Chamber music strings
March: pipeaux • Chamber music winds
Divertimento: wind quintet • (1960) • Chamber music winds
Air et Variations pour les Petits: violin-piano • (1937) • Duos instruments différents
De Saint Domingue - version violon-piano • (1945) • Duos instruments différents
Negro Spirituals: violin-piano • Duos instruments différents
Pieces: violin-piano • (1919) • Duos instruments différents
Sonatine: violin-piano • (1925) • Duos instruments différents
Sonata: viola-piano • (1942) • Duos instruments différents
Tombeau de Ravel (Le): viola-piano • (1958) • Duos instruments différents
Valse-Caprice: viola-piano • (1949) • Duos instruments différents
Negro spirituals -vers. violoncelle-piano • (1928) • Duos instruments différents
Sonatine: cello-piano • (1938) • Duos instruments différents
Chansons de Rue Jamaicaines: 2 pianos • (1949) • Duos instruments identiques
Danse Caraibe sur 2 Chants Populaires Jamaicains: 2 pianos • (1949) • Duos instruments identiques
Jamaicalypso: 2 pianos • (1957) • Duos instruments identiques
Rumba Jamaicaine: 2 pianos • (1938) • Duos instruments identiques

Concertante music

Fantaisie Romantique: violin-viola-orchestra • (1936) • Other concertante pieces for piano and strings
Suite d'après des Sonates clavier de Scarlatti: flute-strings • (1946) • Autres pièces concertantes pour flute
Concerto "Elégie, valse et toccata": viola-orchestra • (1945) • Concertos pour alto
Concerto: harmonica-orchestra • (1953) • Concertos pour cuivre autre
Concerto sur des Sonates clavier de Cimarosa: oboe-strings • (1942) • Oboe concertos
Concertino: piano-orchestra • (1927) • Piano concertos
Concerto "Quasi una fantasia": piano-orchestra • (1949) • Piano concertos
Concerto: violin-orchestra • (1931) • Violin concertos

Vocal music

Callers • (1949) • Choral pieces isolated
Nightingale Lane • (1937) • Choral pieces isolated
Our Mr Toad: choir • (1954) • Choral pieces isolated
Sir Christmas: Baryton-choir • (1941) • Choral pieces isolated
Tall Story (A): choir 2 voices • (1949) • Choral pieces isolated
Endeavour: choir 2 voices-orchestra • (1955) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra
Songs • Mélodies isolées
Choirs • (1937) • Choral pieces collection
Choirs • (1942) • Choral pieces collection
Impressions • (1920) • Recueil de mélodies : voix-instruments
Poemes Grecs • (1934) • Song collections
Chants Mystiques • (1925) • Song collections

Sheet music for Arthur Benjamin

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The Storm Clouds Cantata — Arthur Benjamin

— Piano Solo — Film/TV
By Arthur Benjamin. By Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). Film/TV. Piano Solo. 6 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music (HX.331102).
Price: $3.00

Arthur Fiedler's Sinfonietta — Arthur Fiedler; Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta

— CD —
By Arthur Fiedler; Arthur Fiedler Sinfonietta. By Johann Pachelbel; George Frideric Handel. CD. Published by RCA Legacy (NX.RCA62571).
Price: $17.00

Jamaican Rumba — Arthur Benjamin

Piano, 1 Piano, 4 Hands — — Classical, Contemporary, Latin
Two Pianos, Four Hands. Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). Edited by Joan Trimble. Arranged by Trimble. BH Piano Duet. Classical, Contemporary, Latin. 8 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060012877. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008812).
Price: $16.00

Jamaican Rumba — Arthur Benjamin

Piano — — Classical, Contemporary, Latin
Piano Solo. Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). BH Piano. Classical, Contemporary, Latin. 4 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060012860. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008811).
Price: $19.00

Jamaican Rumba — Arthur Benjamin

Piano, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands — Softcover — Classical, Contemporary, Latin
National Federation of Music Clubs 2014-2016 Selection 2 Pianos, 4 Hands. Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). BH Piano. Classical, Contemporary, Latin. Softcover. 8 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060012884. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008813).
Price: $12.00

Jamaican Rumba — Arthur Benjamin

Clarinet, Piano — — Classical, Contemporary
Clarinet and Piano. Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). Edited by Reginald Kell. Arranged by Kell. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical, Contemporary. 10 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M060012853. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008810).
Price: $22.00

The Devil Take Her — Arthur Benjamin

Orchestra, Piano, Voice — — Classical, Contemporary, Opera
Opera in One Act. Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). BH Stage Works. Classical, Contemporary, Opera. 104 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051955107. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008549).
Price: $22.00

Le Tombeau de Ravel — Arthur Benjamin

Clarinet, Piano — — Classical, Contemporary
Clarinet and Piano. Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Classical, Contemporary. Boosey & Hawkes #M060012914. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48008816).
Price: $40.00

Jamaican Rumba — Arthur Benjamin

Concert Band — — Classical, Contemporary
Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). Arranged by Philip J. Lang. Boosey & Hawkes Concert Band. Classical, Contemporary. 7 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051622139. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48006262).
Price: $5.00

Jamaican Rumba (sa, Pno) Recs/kybd — Arthur Benjamin

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Composed by Arthur Benjamin (1883-1960). Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Boosey & Hawkes #M051670062. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48007100).
Price: $5.00

Find scores for Arthur Benjamin at Sheet Music Plus.
Music: 
  • Odds and Ends (pf, 1924)
  • Piano Concertino (1926)
  • The Devil Take Her (opera, 1931)
  • Violin Concerto (1932)
  • Prima Donna (opera, 1933)
  • Chinoiserie (1936)
  • Jamaican Rumba (1938)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1944-5)
  • A Tale of Two Cities (opera, 1949-50)
  • Divertimento on themes by Gluck (1952)
  • Our Mr Toad (1954)
  • Jamaicalypso (1957)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
  • Tartuffe (opera, 1959-60)
  • etc.
Biography: 

Educated at Brisbane Grammar School. Entered Royal College of Music, London at 18. Joined infantry at outbreak of war in 1914, later transferring to air force. After the war, AB was a piano teacher at Sydney Conservatorium before returning to London in 1921. Joined the staff of RCM five years later. Greatly influenced by Latin American music, and composed several works with Latin American rhythms. Awarded the Cobbett Medal by the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1956.

Studied composition with Stanford at RCM.

Was soloist in first performance of Lambert’s Piano Concerto (1931) with the composer conducting.

Piano pupils included Britten.

Submitted by Jean-Paul Giraudet on 2005-08-08 05:09.
Last modified: 
2014-11-25 18:17