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Birmingham Triennial Music Festival

Index Birmingham Triennial Music Festival

The Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival, in Birmingham, England, founded in 1784, was the longest-running classical music festival of its kind. [1]

33 relations: Antonín Dvořák, Arthur Sullivan, Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, Birmingham General Hospital, Birmingham Town Hall, Charles Gounod, Charles Swinnerton Heap, Classical music, Edward Elgar, Elijah (oratorio), England, Enigma Variations, Felix Mendelssohn, Festival, George Barker (benefactor), Guinea (coin), Hans Richter (conductor), Henry Wood, Joseph Hansom, Max Bruch, New Street, Birmingham, Oratorio, Requiem (Dvořák), St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, St. Paul (oratorio), The Apostles (Elgar), The Dream of Gerontius, The Kingdom (Elgar), The Light of the World (Sullivan), The Music Makers (Elgar), Theatre Royal, Birmingham, World War I.

Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer.

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Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974.

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Birmingham General Hospital

Birmingham General Hospital was a teaching hospital in Birmingham, England, founded in 1779.

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Birmingham Town Hall

Birmingham Town Hall is a Grade I listed concert hall and venue for popular assemblies opened in 1834 and situated in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England.

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Charles Gounod

Charles-François Gounod (17 June 181817 or 18 October 1893) was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria, based on a work by Bach, as well as his opera Faust.

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Charles Swinnerton Heap

Charles Swinnerton Heap (10 April 1847 - 11 June 1900) was an English organist, pianist, composer and conductor.

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Classical music

Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.

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Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.

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Elijah (oratorio)

Elijah (Elias), Op. 70, MWV A 25, is an oratorio written by Felix Mendelssohn.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Enigma Variations

Edward Elgar composed his Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 4 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period.

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Festival

A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures.

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George Barker (benefactor)

George Barker (1776–1845) was a solicitor in, and a benefactor to, Birmingham, once a town in Warwickshire (and now a city in the West Midlands county), in England.

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Guinea (coin)

The guinea was a coin of approximately one quarter ounce of gold that was minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814.

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Hans Richter (conductor)

Hans Richter (János Richter) (4 April 18435 December 1916) was an Austrian–Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor.

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Henry Wood

Sir Henry Joseph Wood (3 March 186919 August 1944) was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms.

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Joseph Hansom

Joseph Aloysius Hansom (26 October 1803 – 29 June 1882) was a prolific English architect working principally in the Gothic Revival style.

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Max Bruch

Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (6 January 1838–2 October 1920), also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertory.

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New Street, Birmingham

New Street is a street in central Birmingham, England.

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Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists.

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Requiem (Dvořák)

Antonín Dvořák's Requiem in flat minor, Op. 89, B. 165, is a funeral Mass for soloists, choir and orchestra.

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St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham

The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham.

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St. Paul (oratorio)

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The Apostles (Elgar)

The Apostles, Op.

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The Dream of Gerontius

The Dream of Gerontius, Op.

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The Kingdom (Elgar)

The Kingdom, Op.

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The Light of the World (Sullivan)

The Light of the World is an oratorio composed in 1873 by Arthur Sullivan.

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The Music Makers (Elgar)

The Music Makers, Op.

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Theatre Royal, Birmingham

The Theatre Royal, originally the New Theatre, was a 2000-seat theatre located on New Street in Birmingham, England.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Triennial_Music_Festival

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