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Alfred Bennett

Short Name: Alfred Bennett
Full Name: Bennett, Alfred, 1805-1830
Birth Year: 1805
Death Year: 1830

Alfred Bennett, Born in Chichester, England, 1805, died in Oxford, 1830. Organist, son and pupil of Thomas Bennett. He became organist of New College, Oxford, and of the University in 1825, and received the degree of Mus. Bac. Works: Church Services and anthems; Chants (with William Marshall, 1829); Songs.

Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888)
https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofmusi01cham/mode/2up


Tunes by Alfred Bennett (3)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
[Chant] (Bennett 31765)Alfred Bennett (Composer)131765 62512 32317
[Chant] (Bennett 12233)A. Bennett (Composer)1212233 33333 34455
[Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace] (A. Bennett)Alfred Bennett, Mus. Bac. (Composer)232343 26421 75456

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