‘Caprice’. Inscribed: ‘William Sterndale Bennett Dec. 19 1834’ and signed: ‘William S Bennet Royal Academy of Music’. Published in 1835 in a slightly revised form as no. 4 of ‘Six studies in the form of capriccios for the Piano Forte’, op. 11 by Coventry & Hollier. See James Robert Sterndal...
Sir William Sterndale Bennett: ‘Romance in B minor’ WO 33
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‘Romance in B minor’ WO 33 for piano. Inscribed by the composer: ‘William Sterndale Bennett. Dusseldorf May 28th 1836’. With the end of an entry by Frédéric Kalkbrenner on the verso dated: ‘24 Juin 1838’.
Sir William Sterndale Bennett: ‘Fandango’ in C# minor, WO 43
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'Fandango' in C# minor, WO 43, for piano. Originally part of an album compiled by Sir George Alexander Macfarren. Signed by the composer and dated: ‘London. June 22nd 1840’. Preceded by the end of an entry by ‘Il Benedictus Parvulus’ (signed: ’40 Brixton), and followed by entries by Joseph Hellme...
Sir William Sterndale Bennett: ‘Presto’ in E minor
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‘Presto’ in E minor, U13, for piano (unfinished). Signed by the composer and dated: ‘Exeter April 29th. 1843’. Followed by a quotation from ‘La Fuscia Valse’ by A. M. R. Barret, signed: Bristol, 25 February 1849, and an inscription beneath this by Ernst Sonnenberg, dated: 25 February 1849. On the...