ROBINSON, Fanny
(1831–1879)> PIANIST · PROFESSOR · COMPOSER
ROBINSON, Fanny (nee Arthur) English pianist, professor and composer. Southampton, September 1831; Dublin, October 31, 1879. She studied under Sterndale Bennet and Sigismund Thalberg. In 1849 she went to Dublin, where she made her debut. She first appeared in London in 1855 and gave her first performance in Paris in 1864. In 1856 she and her husband, conductor Joseph Robinson, joined the Royal Irish Academy of Music as professors, teaching voice and the piano. Compositions PIANO Pieces VOCAL…