Benedict, (Sir) Julius
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Benedict, (Sir) Julius (
b Stuttgart, 1804;
d London, 1885). Ger.-born composer and conductor, naturalized Eng. Son of a banker, he had lessons in Weimar from Hummel who introduced him to Weber, in whose house in Dresden he lived as pupil and protégé 1821–4 and by whom he was taken to meet Beethoven in 1823. Appointed cond., Vienna Kärntnerthor Th. 1823–5. Went to work at San Carlo, Naples, 1825, where several of his operas were perf., and to Paris in 1834, where the singer
Malibran suggested he should visit London. From 1835 lived in Eng. He cond. opera seasons at Lyceum (1836–7), Drury Lane (1838–48), and Her Majesty's Th. from 1852. In 1848 cond.
Elijah when Jenny Lind first sang in oratorio and later dir. most of her Amer. concerts. Cond., Norwich Fest., 1845–78, Liverpool Phil. Soc. 1867–79. Of his operas, oratorios, cantatas, syms., and concs., only the opera
The Lily of Killarney (1862) is still occasionally perf. Wrote important biog. of Weber (London, 1881). Knighted 1871.
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Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 11/4/1996; 700+ words
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Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
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Meta Warrick Fuller
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...on to Paris. A friend of Fuller's uncle, painter Henry Ossawa Tanner, had agreed to look after her there. When her train arrived in Paris, Tanner was not there to meet her. Fuller found her way to...
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