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