Victor Bendix
Victor Emanuel Bendix (17 May 1851 in Copenhagen – January 1926) was a Jewish Danish composer, conductor and pianist. His teachers included Niels Gade.[1]
He was also a friend of Carl Nielsen, who dedicated his Symphonic Suite for piano (1894) to Bendix.
In 1879, he married the writer and philanthropist Baroness Rigmor Stampe.[2]
Selected works
- Symphonies
- Symphony no. 1, op. 16, "Fjældstigning" in C major (1882)[3][4]
- Symphony no. 2, op. 20 "Sommerklange fra Sydrusland" in D major (1888)[3][4]
- Symphony no. 3, op. 25 in A minor (1895)[3][4]
- Symphony no. 4, op. 30 in D minor (1904-5)[5] (US premiere? by the Boston Symphony, April 26, 1907 conducted by Karl Muck)[6]
- Concertante works
- Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 17 (1884)[7]
- Orchestral works
- Dance suite in A, op. 29 (1903)[5] (given a performance conducted by Bendix in 1921)
- Chamber music
Notes
- ^ Barnett, Rob (January 2001). "Review of Recording of Bendix Symphonies". Retrieved 20 February 2009.
- ^ Vammen, Tinne. "Rigmor Stampe Bendix (1850 - 1923)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Smith (2002), p. 60.
- ^ a b c "Danacord List of Bendix Symphonies". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Rłllum-Larsen (2002), p. 246.
- ^ from a list inaccurately described as world premieres by the BSO in the 1900s - which since it lists e.g. the 1908 Bischoff performance too, though that work was premiered in 1906.
- ^ OCLC 255249240.
- ^ OCLC 62280347.
References
- Smith, Frederick Key (2002). Nordic Art Music: From the Middle Ages to the Third Millennium at Google Books. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-97399-9.
- Rłllum-Larsen, Claus; Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark) (2002). Impulser i Københavns koncertrepertoire, 1900-1935: studier i præsentationen af ny, isæ udenlandsk instrumentalmusik at Google Books. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN 87-7289-656-6.
External links
- Works by or about Victor Bendix at the Internet Archive
- Free scores by Victor Bendix at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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