Birmingham Triennial Music Festival

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choral festival music festival orchestral festival

The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival was a prominent 19th-century English choral and orchestral festival renowned for premiering major works by leading composers, including Mendelssohn.

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Birmingham Festival 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral festival ⓘ
music festival ⓘ
orchestral festival ⓘ
activePeriod 19th century ⓘ
alsoActiveIn early 20th century ⓘ
benefited Birmingham General Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedWork Elijah NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Olaf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lobgesang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Requiem (Dvořák) NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dream of Gerontius NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Golden Legend NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Music Makers NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1912 ⓘ
frequency triennial ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
historicalSignificance major platform for British and European sacred and secular choral music in the 19th century ⓘ
inception 1784 ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
location Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainVenue Birmingham Town Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableComposerAssociated Antonín Dvořák NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Villiers Stanford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward Elgar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Felix Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hubert Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor commissions from leading composers ⓘ
premieres of major choral works ⓘ
organizedFor charitable purposes ⓘ
premieredWork Elijah NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Olaf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lobgesang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Requiem (Dvořák) NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Apostles NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Dream of Gerontius NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Golden Legend NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Music Makers NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
typicalFor large-scale choral-orchestral works ⓘ

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 → associatedWith → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Festival
Mendelssohn Elijah → commissionedBy → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
subject surface form: Mendelssohn's Elijah