John Barnett

John Francis Barnett (16 October 1837, London – 24 November 1916, London) was a British composer, pianist, and music educator. He was the nephew of the composer John Barnett.

Barnett studied at the Royal Academy of Music and then, from 1857 to 1860, at the Leipzig Conservatory with Louis Plaidy. His pianistic skill was admired by a younger fellow student, Edvard Grieg.

He first gained recognition with his Symphony in A minor (1864). This was followed by the cantatas The Ancient Mariner (1867, after Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and Paradise and the Peri (after Thomas Moore), the oratorio The Raising of Lazarus, and various piano and orchestral pieces.

In 1883, working from Franz Schubert’s sketches, Barnett completed Schubert’s unfinished Symphony in E major, D. 729. He also taught piano at the National Training School for Music (1875–1882), a direct predecessor of the Royal College of Music; his pupils included Herbert Francis Sharpe.

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