Arthur Benjamin

Arthur Leslie Benjamin was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rumba (1938) and of the Storm Clouds Cantata, featured in both versions of the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man who Knew Too Much, in 1934 and 1956.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Who was born first?

• Arthur Benjamin and Rued Langgaard were born the same year
• Arthur Benjamin and Andrés Segovia were born the same year
• Arthur Benjamin and Hattie McDaniel were born the same year
• Arthur Benjamin and Lili Boulanger were born the same year
• Arthur Benjamin and Jean Absil were born the same year

Timeline

1. Andrés SegoviaFebruary 21, 1893 – June 3, 1987
2. Arthur Benjamin (this page)September 18, 1893 – April 10, 1960
3. Hattie McDanielJune 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952
4. Jean AbsilOctober 23, 1893 – February 2, 1974
5. Lili BoulangerAugust 21, 1893 – March 15, 1918
6. Rued LanggaardJuly 28, 1893 – July 10, 1952

Related

• Michael JacksonAugust 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009
• Ludwig van BeethovenDecember 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827
• Wolfgang Amadeus MozartJanuary 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791
• Johann Sebastian BachMarch 21, 1685 – July 28, 1750
• Rabindranath TagoreMay 7, 1861 – August 7, 1941
• Marilyn MonroeJune 1, 1926 – August 1962
• ShakiraFebruary 2, 1977 – present
• Corbin BleuFebruary 21, 1989 – present