Monday, November 22, 2021

TDCM: November 22nd - Arthur Benjamin

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 


Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)

Bio

Australian composer who traveled to London and studied at the Royal College of Music. After World War I, Arthur was a piano teacher in Australia and then traveled back to London where his compositions earned him the Carnegie Award and the Cobbett Medal.


Music

Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra



Symphony No. 1



Romantic Fantasy



Viola Sonata



Concertino for Piano and Orchestra



Cotillon Suite


Overture to an Italian Comedy



Drifting



Scherzino for Piano



Caribbean Pieces for two pianos


From San Domingo



Le Tombeau de Ravel



Not much of Benjamin's work is on YouTube. So, for the rest of the day, I will be listening to Beethoven Symphonies. 

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