Friedrich Benda
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (15 July 1745 in Potsdam – 19 June 1814 in Potsdam) was a German violinist, pianist and composer of the classical era.
Benda was the son of violin virtuoso and composer Franz Benda, from whom he received his first musical lessons. Later he studied music theory and composition with Johann Kirnberger in Berlin. In addition to his compositional achievements, he was an accomplished pianist and violinist. In the years 1765–1810, Benda was a chamber musician at the Prussian Court in Potsdam where his compositions found much acceptance.[1][2]
Benda composed concertos, operas, and chamber music.
Selected works
[edit]- Pygmalion, Cantata (1784)
- Alceste, Singspiel (1785)
- Orpheus, Singspiel (1787)
- Das Blumenmädchen, Singspiel (1806)
- Die Grazien, Cantata
Selected recordings
[edit]- Viola Concertos Nos. 1-3, Jean-Éric Soucy, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Bernard Labadie, cpo 2018
References
[edit]- ^ Theodore Baker and Alfred Remy, ed. (1919). "Benda, Friedrich (Wilhelm Heinrich)". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (3rd ed.). p. 71.
- ^ Grove, George (1904). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 1. Macmillan Company. p. 294.
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Categories:
- 1745 births
- 1814 deaths
- Musicians from Potsdam
- German male classical composers
- German Classical-period composers
- German classical pianists
- German male classical pianists
- German classical violinists
- German male classical violinists
- German violinists
- German male pianists
- Composers from the Kingdom of Prussia
- 18th-century German violinists