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George J. Bennett

Short Name: George J. Bennett
Full Name: Bennett, George J. (George John), 1863-1930
Birth Year: 1863
Death Year: 1930

George John Bennett was born in 1863 in Andover, Hampshire, England. He studied at Winchester College Choristers' School, the Royal Academy of Music, Munich, and Berlin. He served as cathedral organist in Lincoln starting in 1895. His compositions are sacred works and settings of literary works.

Dianne Shapiro, from "Robert Burns choral settngs: from Schumann to MacMillan" webiste, accessed 8/13/2020


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