Birmingham Triennial Music Festival

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral festival ⓘ
music festival ⓘ
orchestral festival ⓘ
activePeriod 19th century ⓘ
alsoActiveIn early 20th century ⓘ
benefited Birmingham General Hospital ⓘ
commissionedWork Elijah ⓘ
King Olaf ⓘ
Lobgesang ⓘ
Requiem (Dvořák) ⓘ
linked to: Requiem, Op. 89

St Paul ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul

The Apostles ⓘ
The Dream of Gerontius ⓘ
The Golden Legend ⓘ
linked to: Legenda sanctorum

The Kingdom ⓘ
The Music Makers ⓘ
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 ⓘ
mainVenue Birmingham Town Hall ⓘ
notableComposerAssociated Antonín Dvořák ⓘ
Charles Villiers Stanford ⓘ
Edward Elgar ⓘ
Felix Mendelssohn ⓘ
Hubert Parry ⓘ
notableFor commissions from leading composers ⓘ
premieres of major choral works ⓘ
organizedFor charitable purposes ⓘ
premieredWork Elijah ⓘ
King Olaf ⓘ
linked to: Olaf Tryggvason

Lobgesang ⓘ
Requiem (Dvořák) ⓘ
linked to: Requiem, Op. 89

St Paul ⓘ
linked to: Saint Paul

The Apostles ⓘ
The Dream of Gerontius ⓘ
The Golden Legend ⓘ
The Kingdom ⓘ
The Music Makers ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
typicalFor large-scale choral-orchestral works ⓘ

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Mendelssohn's Elijah → commissionedBy → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
subject linked to: Mendelssohn Elijah
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 → associatedWith → Birmingham Festival ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham Triennial Music Festival
Requiem, Op. 89 → commissionedBy → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
Birmingham Town Hall → associatedWith → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
The Dream of Gerontius → commissionedBy → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
The Apostles → premiereFestival → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
The Kingdom → premiereFestival → Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ