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William Sterndale Bennett

1816 - 1875

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Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 1816 – 1 February 1875) was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. At the age of ten Bennett was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he remained for ten years. By the age of twenty, he had begun to make a reputation as a concert pianist, and his compositions received high praise. Among those impressed by Bennett was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn, who invited him to Leipzig. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Sterndale Bennett is the 1,040th most popular composer (up from 1,287th in 2019), the 3,271st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,483rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Sterndale Bennett ranks 1,040 out of 1,451. Before her are Kalevi Aho, Roman Vlad, Magnus Lindberg, Slavko Avsenik, Marco da Gagliano, and Emil Młynarski. After her are Carlos Guastavino, Johann Adolf Scheibe, Michele Carafa, Frederic Rzewski, Alexander Moyzes, and Harry Gregson-Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, William Sterndale Bennett ranks 40. Before her are Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Dimitrie Ghica, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Lajos Haynald, Jean Frédéric Frenet, and Moritz Steinschneider. After her are Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, Stephen Allen Benson, Jubal Early, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Grace Aguilar, and Andrei Mureșanu. Among people deceased in 1875, William Sterndale Bennett ranks 62. Before her are Isidore Pils, Mikhail Pogodin, Charles Grandison Finney, Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Petrache Poenaru, and Robert von Mohl. After her are Fyodor Bruni, Wilhelm Bauer, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Virginie Ancelot, Giovanni Luppis, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Sterndale Bennett ranks 3,272 out of 8,785. Before her are Sue Townsend (1946), Madeleine Carroll (1906), William Thoms (1803), Egon Pearson (1895), Adrian Paul (1959), and Maxim (1967). After her are Norman Read (1931), John Peel (1939), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), John D. Barrow (1952), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Sterndale Bennett ranks 46. Before her are Hubert Parry (1848), Arnold Bax (1883), Charles Burney (1726), John Rutter (1945), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), and Matthew Locke (1621). After her are Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), Richard Addinsell (1904), James MacMillan (1959), Dave Stewart (1950), William Lawes (1602), and Patrick Doyle (1953).

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