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Stokes Encyclopedia Of Music And Musicians, 1908
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1Benincori (Angelo Maria) composed the successful opera "Nitteti"; completed Isouard's unfinished opera "Aladin"; composed string quartets modelled on those of Haydn, whom he knew and greatly admired. B. Brescia, Mar. 28, 1779; d. Paris, 1822.
3Benini (Signora) sang leading rôles in comic opera with her husband in Naples, 1784, London, 1787.
5Bennet (John) composed many of the best madrigals in English, hymns, and an anthem for the coronation of James I, for five voices and instruments. His first book of madrigals "to Foure Voyces" was printed by William Barley, 1599.
7Bennet (Saunders) composed songs, glees; organist at Woodstock, Eng.; d. May 25, 1809.
9Bennett (Alfred William) composed a service and anthems; collaborated with William Marshall in collection of chants; organist to University of Oxford. B. 1805; son of THOMAS; d. Sept. 12, 1830.
11Bennett (George John) composed Serenade for orchestra, "Jugendträume"; Easter hymn for soli chorus and orchestra; Cymbeline overture; Orchestral suite in D minor; Festival Te Deum for soli chorus and orchestra; Mass in F flat minor for soli chorus and orchestra; conducted Lincoln Music Festivals; founded Lincoln Musical Society and Lincoln Orchestral Society; organist Lincoln Cathedral. B. May 5, 1863, Andover, Eng.; won Balfe scholarship, Royal Academy of Music; studied in Berlin and Munich; add. Lincoln, Eng.
13Bennett (Joseph) wrote music criticisms London "Daily Telegraph"; libretto for Sullivan's "Golden Legend" and other standard English works; analyses of the London Philharmonic and Monday and Saturday Popular concerts; in early life was precentor at Weigh House Chapel and organist Westminster Chapel. B. Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Eng., Nov. 29, 1831; add. London.
15Bennett (Thomas) published "An Introduction to the Art of Singing," "Sacred Melodies," "Cathedral Selections"; organist Chichester Cathedral. B. Fonthill, 1784; d. Mar. 21, 1848.
17Bennett (William) composed organ and piano music, anthems and songs; organist St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, Eng. B. 1767, near Teignmouth; pupil of Johann Christian Bach, d. 1830.
19Bennett (Sir William Sterndale) composed the oratorio "Woman of Samaria"; music to the "Ajax" of Sophocles; a symphony in G minor; the fantasie-overture "Paradise and the Peri"; many anthems, songs, and piano music; founded the Bach Society, London, 1849; conducted London Philharmonic concerts, 1856-66; became principal Royal Academy of Music and professor of music University of Cambridge. A son of Robert Bennett, organist at Sheffield, and grandson of John Bennett, who was his first teacher, he later received instruction at the Royal Academy of Music, and played his piano concerto in D minor at an Academy concert, Mar. 30, 1833, when 17. His "Naiades" overture three years later caused him to be sent to Leipsic by the Broadwoods. There he was under the influence of Mendelssohn and Schumann and played at the Gewandhaus. By 1841 he was established in London as a pianist. In 1844 he married Mary Anne Wood, daughter of an English naval captain. In 1871 Bennett was knighted, and two years later a public testimonial was given him, and a scholarship was founded in his honour at the Royal Academy. B. Sheffield, April 13, 1816; d. London, Feb. 1, 1875.
21Benoist (François) composed the operas "Léonore et Félix," "L'Apparition," ballets, organ pieces; won prix de Rome with "Oenone," 1815; taught organ in Paris Conservatoire. B. Sept. 10, 1794; d. April, 1878.
23Benoît (Camille) composed "Cléopâtre"; the symbolic poem "Merlin"; suite for the "Noces Corinthiennes"; wrote "Musiciens, poètes et philosophes"; "Souvenirs"; studied with (ésar Franck; appointed conservateur du Louvre, 1895; add. Paris.
25Benoît (Pierre Léopold Léonard) founded the Flemish School of Music,
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