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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.
Pastoral: The May Queen, Op 39; Sacred Cantata: The Woman of Samaria, Op 44 (Birmingham Festival, 1867) Duet: Remember Now Thy Creator; Exhibition Ode (1862), Op 40; Cambridge Installation Ode, Op 41; Now, my God, Let, I beseech Thee; God is a Spirit; Several other anthems, Hymn and Psalm tunes
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He obtained a Queen's Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music, London, in 1849 studying under William Sterndale Bennett and developing into an accomplished pianist. In 1857 he travelled to Leipzig to study composition and piano, playing Mendelssohn 's Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor at a Gewandhaus concert on 22 March 1860. [ 1 ]
He succeeded Sir William Sterndale Bennett as principal of the academy in 1876. [18] He was also appointed professor of music at Cambridge University in 1875, [20] again succeeding Bennett. [18] Macfarren founded the Handel Society, [3] which attempted to produce a collected edition of the works of George Frideric Handel (between 1843 and 1858).
Macfarren was born in London in 1826, youngest son of the dramatist George Macfarren, and brother of the musician Sir George Alexander Macfarren.In his fourth year he showed gifts for music; he was a choir-boy at Westminster Abbey under James Turle (1836–41), and sang at the coronation of Queen Victoria.