William Sterndale Bennett 1816-1875
WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT 1816-1875 Nekme man tfot alto vie er itt, niekt, vat er gar niekt tein mdekts, alt SekBffer Downloaded from finer neuen Epoeke, oder alt einen mtubandigenden Hddtn, tondern alt inniftn, wakrkaften Didder, der unbekHmmert wn em poor guekwmktt Htte, vuhr odtr ven&ger teinen ttiUen Weg hmgekt, an dtttm Avtgange tfat verm auek k*in Tritmpkwagen enoarUt, to dock ton dankender Hand ein VeQekenkrana, den Hm Evtebiut kierwut avfgetebd kaben wOL1 ROBERT SCHUMANN. http://mq.oxfordjournals.org/ By SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD N the early seventies, when I was an undergraduate at Cam- bridge, I chanced one afternoon to pay a visit to a musical I friend who lived in Trinity, and was one of the fellows of the College. While we were t*H"Tig, there walked into the room a small figure of a man whose dignity of bearing made at University of Sussex on March 25, 2015 him look half as tall again as his stature warranted, with a well- proportioned and squarely built head, lovely and sympathetic eyes, and an expression of nTunigtaVaVilA VinHlinpaq and charm, which captivated me before he opened his mouth. The dress was a little in the old style, recalling with its high collar and dark ample stock, the early drawings of Berlioz and Mendelssohn, and of the musical worthies whom John Ella collected to perform at his Musical Union Concerts and took care to immortalize by a collection of drawings. I was particularly struck by the character and refined beauty of the hands. I saw at a glance who it was,— Sterndale Bennett.
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