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William Sterndale Bennett

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 13, 2016 by  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:50, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

William Sterndale Bennett – engraving after a portrait by John Everett Millais, 1873

Sterndale Bennett was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. A child prodigy, he was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music at the age of ten, studying for ten years and making a reputation as a pianist and composer. On hearing him in London Felix Mendelssohn invited him to Leipzig where he also became friendly with Robert Schumann, who praised his compositions. In 1837 Bennett began to teach at the Royal Academy, with which he was associated for twenty years, and to which he later returned to successfully reform it and save it from closure. Amongst his pupils were Arthur Sullivan, Hubert Parry, and Tobias Matthay. He directed the Philharmonic Society for ten years. He also actively promoted concerts of chamber music and the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1858 Bennett returned to composition, but his later works, though popular, were considered old-fashioned and did not arouse critical enthusiasm as had his youthful compositions. Bennett had a significant influence on English music, as a promoter of standards of musical education and as an important figure in London concert life. Neglected for many years, his music is now once again being performed and recorded. (Full article...)

ps: it needs more blurb, though, - shall I try? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:34, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Gerda!--Smerus (talk) 13:11, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]