Piano Sonata 'The Maid of Orleans', Op.46 (Bennett, William Sterndale)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements
Composition Year	1869 ca.
Genre Categories	Sonatas; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player

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Complete Score
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	London: Lamborn Cock, n.d.(1873?). Plate L.C. 2.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Publisher. Info.	Boston: Oliver Ditson, n.d. Plate 28882.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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General Information

Work Title	Piano Sonata in A flat Major "The Maid of Orleans"
Alternative. Title
Composer	Bennett, William Sterndale
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.46
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IWB 18
Key	A-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	4 movements: "In the Fields": Andante pastorale "In the FIeld": Allegro marziale in A♭ minor "In Prison": Adagio patetico in E major "The End": Moto di passione
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1869 ca.
First Performance.	1873 May 31, Hanover Square Rooms, A.A. Channell (piano)
First Publication.	1873 ?
Dedication	Arabella Goddard (1836–1922)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	piano

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Reviewed in the September 1875 Atlantic Monthly, page 380. "Before the year 1873 had ended", "they [had] printed 1150 copies of the sonata" according to a letter of his father's printed in his son's biographical memoirs (p.442).

Performed by von Bülow December 17 1873. ("Hallé, Hans von Bülow... all came to St John's Wood to play the Sonata to the composer before they performed it.") Premiered by "Miss [A.A.] Channell" (ibid.) (described as a student of the Royal Academy of Music @ The Musical World, June 7 1873, p.380, where the date is given as "Saturday evening last"- May 31.)