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3 unusual facts about William Sterndale Bennett


William Sterndale Bennett

Among those impressed by Bennett was the German composer Felix Mendelssohn, who invited him to Leipzig, Germany.

After Bennett's first visit to Germany there followed three extended visits to work in Leipzig.

During his third visit, from January to March 1843, during which he also visited Kassel, Dresden and Berlin, he played his Caprice for piano and Orchestra in Leipzig.


Catherine Winkworth

During 1863, she published The Chorale Book for England, which was coedited by the composers William Sterndale Bennett and Otto Goldschmidt, and in 1869 she followed this with Christian Singers of Germany.


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