Arthur Benjamin

(1893-1960)

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)

Australian composer who studied at the Royal College of Music in London. He wrote several operas, a symphony and some chamber music as well as some music for films. His best known piece is his Jamaican Rumba.

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An Ideal Husband

Arabesque

Ballade for String Orchestra

Brumas Tunes

Caribbean Dance: A New Jamaican Rumba

Chinoiserie - Gavotte and Musette

Concertino

Concerto in C minor for oboe and strings on themes of Domenico Cimarosa

Concerto quasi una fantasia

Cotillon

Elegiac Mazurka

Elegy, Waltz and Toccata for viola & orchestra

Etudes Improvisees

Fanfare for a Festive Occasion

Fanfares (3)

Fantasies I

Fantasies II

Five Negro Spirituals for Cello & Piano (1929)

From San Domingo

From San Domingo (1945)

Haunted House

Jamaican Rumba

Le Tombeau de Ravel

Le Tombeau de Ravel: Valse-Caprices

Let's go hiking

New Fantasies (3)

North American Square Dance Suite

Odds & Ends I

Odds & Ends II

Overture to Italian Comedy

Pastoral Fantasy for String Quartet (1923)

Pastorale, Arioso and Finale

Romance-Impromptu

Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola & Orchestra

Saxophone Blues

Scherzino

Siciliana

Sonata for Viola & Piano (1942)

Sonatina for cello & piano

Sonatina for Violin & Piano (1925)

Steps of the Ballet

Suite

Suite from The Conquest of Everest

Symphony

Symphony No. 1

The Storm Clouds Cantata from The Man Who Knew Too Much

Three Mystical Pieces

Three Violin Pieces (1921-25)

Violin Concerto

Waltz and Hyde Park Gallop from An Ideal Husband

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