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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