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A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1900
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1BENDA—BENEDICTUS
3Ben'da, Karl Hermann Heinrich, youngest son of Georg; b. Potsdam, May 2, 1748; d. Mar. 15, 1836. Fine violinist, leader of the royal opera-orch., teacher of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. and Rungenhagen. Comp. chamber-music.
5Ben'dall, Wilfred Ellington, composer; b. London, Apr. 22, 1850; pupil of Ch. Lucas and E. Silas, also of Leipzig Cons. (1872-4).—Works: Operettas, cantatas, part-songs, trios, duets, songs, pf.-pcs.
7Ben'del, Franz, b. Schönlinde, northern Bohemia, Mar. 23, 1833; d. Berlin, July 3, 1874. Accomplished pianist, pupil of Proksch (Prague) and Liszt (Weimar); from 1862 in Berlin as teacher in Kullak's Academy.—Works: Salon-pieces f. pf., of real merit; pf.-concerto, pf.-trio, sonata f. pf, and vln., études ("On the Lake of Geneva," op. 109; Study in Sixths, Bb min.), nocturnes, romances, etc.; also symphonies, 4 masses, several books of songs.
9Ben'deler, Johann Philipp, b. Riethnordhausen, n. Erfurt, 1660; d. 1708 as cantor in Quedlinburg (Harz). Clavecinist, organist and writer (his "Organopoeia," publ. 1690, was republ. 1739 as "Orgelbaukunst").
11Ben'der, Jean Valentin, b. Bechtheim, n. Worms, Sept. 19, 1801; d. Brussels, Apr. 14, 1873. Clarinet-virtuoso and bandmaster; music-director to the (Belgian) Royal House. Composed military music and clarinet-pcs.
13Ben'der, Jakob, brother of Valentin; b. Bechtheim, 1798; d. Antwerp, Aug. 9, 1844, as director of the Antwerp wind-band, having succeeded his brother in this position. Also clarinettist; composed military music.
15Ben'dix, Victor E., b. Copenhagen, 1851; violin-virtuoso, pianist, composer; pupil and protégé of Gade. Living in Copenhagen as a pf.-teacher and conductor of a choral society. Besides pf.-compositions of great merit, he has written 3 symphonies:—Symphony "Zur Höhe," in C (1891) [also named "Felsensteigung"]; Symphony in D, "Sommerklänge aus Südrussland"; Symphony in A min. (95?).
17Ben'dix, Otto, b. Copenhagen, 1850; pupil of A. Rée and Gade, also of Kullak (Berlin) and Liszt (Weimar). Pf.-teacher in Copenh. Cons., and oboist in theatre-orch. Settled in Boston, Mass., 1880, as teacher of pf. in the New England Cons. Has given very successful concerts in Europe and America, and has publ. some pcs. f. pf., etc.
19Ben'dl, Karl, b. Prague, April 16, 1838; d. there Sept. 20, 1897. Pupil of Blažok and Pitsch at the Organists' School, Prague, till 1858. For a time he was chorusmaster of the German Opera, Amsterdam (1864). Returned 1865 to Prague; after 1866, conductor of the male choral society "Hlahol."—Works: Czech national operas Lejla (1868), Bretislav and Jitka (1869), Cernahoreci (1881), Karel Skreta (comic, 1883), Dité Táborá [Child of the Camp] (1892, 3 acts); all at the Natl. Th., Prague, and on its standing repertory. Also 3 masses, several cantatas f. soli, ch. and orch.; an overture, a "Dithyramb," a "Concert Polonaise," a "Slavonic Rhapsody," etc., f. orch.; a string-quartet; 200 Czech songs and choruses; pf.-music.—Benndl, jointly with Smetana and Dvořák, enjoys the distinction of winning general recognition for Czech musical art.
21Benedict, Sir Julius, b. Stuttgart, Nov. 27, 1804; d. London, June 5, 1885. He was the son of a Jewish banker; pupil of Abeille, Hummel (1819, Weimar), and Weber (1820, Dresden). In 1823, Kapellm. at the Kärnthnerthor Th., Vienna, and 1825 at the San Carlo Th., Naples, where his first opera, Giacinta ed Ernesto (1829), was performed, which, like I Portoghesi in Gou (Stuttgart, 1830), was not a marked success. After 2 visits to Paris (1830 and 1835), he settled in London, where he became a fashionable pf.-teacher and concert-giver, and also thoroughly anglicized. 1836, conductor of opera buffa at the Lyceum, 1837 at Drury Lane, where his first English opera, The Gypsy's Warning, was produced (1838). In 1850 and '51 he accompanied Jenny Lind on her American tours; then became Col. Mapleson's conductor at Her Majesty's Th. and Drury Lane, and in 1859 at Covent Garden; also of the "Monday Popular Concerts." He also conducted several Norwich Festivals, and (1876-80) the Liverpool Philharmonic. He was knighted in 1871.—Works: The operas above mentioned, and also The Brides of Venice (1844), The Crusaders (1846), The Lake of Glenaston (1862), The Lily of Killarney (1862; on the Continent as The Rose of Erin), The Bride of Song (1864); 4 cantatas, Undine (1860), Richard Cœur-de-Lion (1863), 1 on the Prince of Wales' return from India (1876), and Graziella (1882); 2 oratorios, St. Cecilia (1866), and St. Peter (1870); 2 symphonies, 2 pf.-concertos, a variety of pf.-music, etc. He also wrote a biogr. sketch of Weber (in Hueffer's "Great Musicians").
23Benedict, Milo Ellsworth, b. Cornwall, Vt., June 9, 1866. Pf.-pupil of C. Petersilea, in theory of J. K. Paine; in Europe 1883-4, spending 3 mos. at Weimar with Liszt. Living as pf.-teacher in Boston. Has publ. "6 Cornwall Dances," op. 1; other pf.-works in MS.
25Benedictus Ap'penzelders (B. of Appenzell), b. Appenzell, Switzerland; master of the
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