The composer of my solo piece, Jamaican Rumba, was an Australian man called Arthur Leslie Benjamin. He was born in Sydney on the 18th of September 1893, to Abraham and Amelia Benjamin. Amelia played the piano, a talent which she passed on to her son. At the age of six he made his first public appearance as a pianist. His formal music training began three years later with organist George Sampson. A few years later he …showed first 75 words of 365 total…

…showed last 75 words of 365 total…the Middlesex Hospital from a reoccurring cancer. He did not mind being remembered exclusively as the composer of Jamaican Rumba, contrarily he enjoyed it. The fame from this work has put him into the small class of remembered one hit wonders and many of his works have become increasingly well-known and better appreciated over the years since his demise. Jamaican Rumba is obviously one such appreciated work, as it was set as a solo piece.