Bennett, Joseph 1831-1911

Overview

Works:	490 works in 776 publications in 3 languages and 2,455 library holdings
Genres:	Musical settings Cantatas Vocal scores Biographies Oratorios Excerpts Music Librettos Scores History
Roles:	Author, Librettist, Editor, Translator, Lyricist, Composer, Arranger
Classifications:	MT70, 781.632

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Joseph Bennett

Forty years of music, 1865-1905 by Joseph Bennett( Book )
The dream of Jubal, op. 41 : a poem with music : for soli, chorus, orchestra, and accompanied recitation by Alexander Campbell Mackenzie( )
Plas Gwyn, 15 August 1904, to [Samuel Aitken] by Edward Elgar( )
Gloucester Musical Festival : for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford : Gethsemane( Book )
[London, n.d.], to Miss Bennett by Edward German( )

[n.p., Paris?], 26 March 1884, to Alfred [Mapleson?] by Charles Gounod( )
Paris, 11 February 1878, to Julius Benedict by Th Michaelis( )
[London] Feb. 19 1887, to a recipient whose name has been erased by A. Oakey Hall( )
[London], 20, 26, and 31 May 1892, and 1 December 1912, to [Samuel] Aitken by Alexander Campbell Mackenzie( )
Wagner in England : four writers before Shaw by Theresa Muir( Book )
[London], to Deichmann by Walter Bache( )
[London], to Miss Bennett by Joseph O'Mara( )
London, 24 November 1901 and 20 November 1906, to [Samuel] Aitken by Alberto Randegger( )

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Most widely held works by Joseph Bennett

The golden legend by Arthur Sullivan( Recording )

4 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A treatise on counterpoint and fugue by Luigi Cherubini( Book )

10 editions published between 1884 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 96 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The golden legend by Arthur Sullivan( )

17 editions published between 1886 and 1998 in English and Multiple languages and held by 94 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The rose of Sharon : a dramatic oratorio founded on the Song of Solomon : op. 30 by Alexander Campbell Mackenzie( )

22 editions published between 1884 and 1997 in English and held by 89 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The golden legend; cantata for soli, chorus and orchestra. The words adapted from the poem of Longfellow by Joseph Bennett by Arthur Sullivan( )

8 editions published in 1900 in English and German and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Prince Henry, of Hoheneck, lying sick in body and mind at his castle of Vautsberg, on the Rhine, has consulted the famous physicians of Salerno, and learned that he can be cured only by the blood of a maiden who shall, of her own free will, consent to die for his sake. Regarding the remedy as impossible, the Prince gives way to despair, when he is visited by Lucifer, disguised as a traveling physician. The Fiend tempts him with alcohol, to the fascination of which he ultimately yields in such measure as to be deprived of place and power, and driven forth as an outcast. Prince Henry finds shelter in the cottage of one of his vassals, whose daughter, Elsie, moved by great compassion for his fate, resolves to sacrifice her life that he might be restored. The prayers of her mother, Ursula, are of no avail to turn her from this purpose, and, in due time, Prince Henry, Elsie, and their attendants set out for Salerno. On their way they encounter a band of pilgrims, with whom is Lucifer, in the garb of a friar. He also is journeying to Salerno. On reaching their destination, Prince Henry and Elsie are received by Lucifer, who has assumed the form of Friar Angelo, a doctor of the medical school. Elsie persists in her resolve to die, despite the opposition of the Prince, who now declares that he intended to do no more than test her constancy. Lucifer drawls Elsie into an inner chamber, but the Prince and attendants, breaking down the door, rescue her at the last moment. Miraculously healed, Prince Henry marries the devoted maiden, and is restored to his rightful place. The six scenes of the Cantata illustrate passages in the foregoing story. In the Prologue, the defeat of Lucifer is foreshadowed by an impotent attempt to wreck the Cathedral of Strassburg. In the Epilogue, the beneficent devotion of Elsie is compared to the course of a mountain brook, which cools and fertilizes the arid plain. - Argument

Manon : an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet( )

8 editions published between 1880 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Manon : an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet( Book )

4 editions published between 1885 and 1968 in English and held by 70 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thorgrim : an opera in four acts by Frederic H Cowen( )

10 editions published between 1800 and 2016 in English and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Treatise on instrumentation by Hector Berlioz( Book )

16 editions published between 1882 and 2016 in English and held by 64 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a translation of the second (1858) edition of Berlioz's landmark treatise by Mary Cowden Clarke, daughter of music publisher Vincent Novello. The book was quick to establish itself as a standard work, reflecting Berlioz's keen understanding of the orchestra as both composer and conductor. It is intended as a textbook on the craft of orchestration and to promote better understanding of the essential character of each instrument. Technical details and sonorities are discussed and illustrated with musical examples from composers

Letters from Bayreuth, descriptive and critical of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen; with an appendix by Joseph Bennett( Book )

9 editions published between 1877 and 2017 in English and held by 62 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

St. John's Eve : an old English idyll for soli, chorus, and orchestra by Frederic H Cowen( )

11 editions published between 1889 and 1912 in English and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Hector Berlioz by Joseph Bennett( Book )

6 editions published between 1883 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An idyl : a pictorial-music-play by Hubert von Herkomer( )

6 editions published between 1889 and 1969 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 53 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Luigi Cherubini by Joseph Bennett( )

8 editions published between 1890 and 2017 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A short history of cheap music as exemplified in the records of the house of Novello, Ewer & Co. : with especial reference to the first fifty years of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria by Joseph Bennett( Book )

3 editions published in 1887 in English and held by 44 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The U.S. Department of State presents an archive of information on the foreign relations of the United States from 1945 to 1950. The archive covers the founding of the national intelligence structure, Department of State intelligence, the Office of Special Operations, the National Security Act of 1947, psychological and political warfare, and National Security Council intelligence directives

O holy babe! : Christmas anthem for soprano solo and chorus (from "Bethelehem, a mystery") by Alexander Campbell Mackenzie( )

1 edition published in 1894 in English and held by 43 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ruth, a dramatic oratorio by Frederic H Cowen( )

11 editions published between 1800 and 1888 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History of the Leeds musical festivals, 1858-1889 by Frederick R Spark( Book )

8 editions published between 1892 and 1982 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jeanie Deans : an opera in four acts and seven tableaux : book of words by Hamish MacCunn( Book )

2 editions published in 1894 in English and held by 37 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Philémon et Baucis : opera en deux actes : vocal score by Charles Gounod( )

2 editions published between 1892 and 1969 in English and held by 37 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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