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Arthur Benjamin

1893 - 1960

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Arthur Leslie Benjamin (18 September 1893 in Sydney – 10 April 1960 in London) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rumba (1938) and of the Storm Clouds Cantata, featured in both versions of the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man who Knew Too Much, in 1934 and 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Benjamin is the 996th most popular composer (up from 1,165th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Australia (up from 205th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Arthur Benjamin ranks 996 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Joseph Abert, Ary Barroso, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Nikolai Zaremba, Balys Dvarionas, and Friedrich Silcher. After him are Attilio Ariosti, Harrison Birtwistle, Zacharia Paliashvili, Matthew Locke, William Christie, and Wacław of Szamotuły.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Arthur Benjamin ranks 184. Before him are Eduard Čech, Woldemar Hägglund, Amílcar Barbuy, Fatima Jinnah, Walter Noddack, and Gyula Breyer. After him are Roland Jacobi, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charles Delporte, Haykanoush Danielyan, Donald Lippincott, and Aleksandr Gauk. Among people deceased in 1960, Arthur Benjamin ranks 147. Before him are Virginia Bolten, Hersch Lauterpacht, Walter Noddack, James Montgomery Flagg, Igor Grabar, and Lya Mara. After him are Charles Delporte, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Ken McArthur, Oswald Veblen, Paul Fort, and Bogoljub Jevtić.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Arthur Benjamin ranks 156 out of 1,143. Before him are Richard Roxburgh (1962), Tony Roche (1945), George Parker (1896), Alfred Deakin (1856), Camila (null), and Ken McGregor (1929). After him are Gordon George Avery (1925), Ashley Cooper (1936), John Bromwich (1918), Albert Namatjira (1902), Robert Menzies (1894), and Bill Mollison (1928).

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Among COMPOSERS In Australia

Among composers born in Australia, Arthur Benjamin ranks 1. After him are Percy Grainger (1882), Peter Sculthorpe (1929), Malcolm Williamson (1931), and Brett Dean (1961).

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