Arthur Benjamin
4 CDs for this composer
3 Labels for this composer
51 works for this composer
Arthur Benjamin ( 1893 - 1960 ) was an Australian composer. He was also a conductor, pianist and teacher. He wrote several piano pieces and many works for violin and piano. He is most known for his piece Jamaican Rumba.
Arthur Benjamin - Works :
Chamber/Ensemble
Arabesque for Violin and Piano
Carnavalesque for Violin and Piano
Cello Sonatina
Humoresque for Violin and Piano
Jamaican Rumba for Violin and Piano
Tombeau de Ravel for Clarinet and Piano
Viola Sonata
Violin Sonatina
Mazurkas
Elegiac Mazurka
Scherzos
Scherzino
Impromptus
Romance-Impromptu
Waltzes/Valses
Suite
Two Pianos/Four Hands
Jamaican Rhumba for Two Pianos
Fantasie/Fantasia
(3) Fantasies I
Fantasies I - Piece No. 1, 'A cloudlet - like a silver swan it sailed'
Fantasies I - Piece No. 2, 'A song with a sad ending'
Fantasies I - Piece No. 3, 'Soldiers in the distance'
(3) Fantasies II
Fantasies II - Piece No. 1, 'Waltz'
Fantasies II - Piece No. 2, 'Silent soft and slow descends the snow'
Fantasies II - Piece No. 3, 'A gay study'
(3) New Fantasies
New Fantasie No. 1, 'Dance at dawn'
New Fantasie No. 2, 'March'
New Fantasie No. 3, 'Drifting'
Miscellaneous
Jamaican Rumba
Siciliana
Chinoiserie
Pastorale, Arioso & Finale
Saxophone blues
(3) Odds & Ends I
Odds & Ends I - Piece No. 1, 'Etude-Prelude'
Odds & Ends I - Piece No. 2, 'A negro sings a glad song'
Odds & Ends I - Piece No. 3, 'Quiet garden'
Haunted house
(3) Odds & Ends II
Odds & Ends II - Piece No. 1, 'Legend'
Odds & Ends II - Piece No. 2, 'A negro sings a sad song'
Odds & Ends II - Piece No. 3, 'Hobgoblin'
(5) Let's go Hiking
Let's go Hiking No. 1, 'We set out'
Let's go Hiking No. 2, 'The quiet countryside'
Let's go Hiking No. 3, 'A rest by the brooklet'
Let's go Hiking No. 4, 'A village fair, the steam roundabout'
Let's go Hiking No. 5, 'Epilogue. Home again - In Bed'
(5) Brumas Tunes
Brumas Tune No. 1, 'The Lesson'
Brumas Tune No. 2, 'Rainy Day'
Brumas Tune No. 3, 'Brumas learns to swim'
Brumas Tune No. 4, 'Father Bear'
Brumas Tune No. 5, 'Brumas sleeps'