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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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She was engaged as the soprano soloist for the premiere of the pastorale May Queen by William Sterndale Bennett, a work commissioned for the opening of the Leeds Music Festival in 1858 and conducted by the composer. Probably the finest revelation of her powers was at the Handel Festival there in June 1859. She then determined to retire.
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Reeves, Clara Novello, Mme Sainton-Dolby and Weiss gave the premiere of William Sterndale Bennett's cantata The May Queen at the founding of the Leeds Festival, in 1858. In January 1861 he sang the Messiah at St Paul's Cathedral , the first oratorio to be heard there, with Reeves, Helen Lemmens-Sherrington and Mrs Lockey.
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 ]