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- ADÁMEK, Ondřej
Czech composer
- ADAMUS, Jan
český hobojista
- ÁGHOVÁ, Livia
Slovakian soprano from the Hungarian family
- ANČERL, Karel
Czech conductor
- ARDAŠEV, Igor
Czech pianist
- BAKALA, Břetislav
Czech conductor, pianist and composer
- BĚLOHLÁVEK, Jiří
Czech conductor
- BEŇAČKOVÁ, Gabriela
Slovakian soprano
- BENDA, František
Bohemian composer, conductor, distinguish representative of the Czech musical classicism
- BENDA, Jiří Antonín
Composer and conductor of Czech origin
- BERG, Josef
composer and writer
- BERMAN, Karel
Czech bass singer, opera director, pedagogue, translater of librettos
FRANTIŠEK BENDA
(* 22.11.1709 Staré Benátky, Bohemia, + 7.3.1786 Nowawes, nr. Postdam)
Bohemian violinist and composer
Son of Jan Jiří Benda. As a boy, he was a singer in St. Nicolas´church and Hofkapelle at Dresden. He continued with his studies on the violin (especially through studying the concerts by Vivaldi). In 1732 he was invited to play in royal orchestra in Warsawa, in 1733 he was engaged as violinist by Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia in Dresden. He participated in performances with C. Ph. E. Bach and J. E. Goldberg. He remained to his death in the service of Frederick. He was appointed Konzertmeister in the King´s Kapelle in 1771. Ch. Burney described Benda as of the famous musician at the court in Berlin. He was appreciated for his playing of adagios and embellishments. In 1763 his work includes about 80 violin solos, 15 concertos, some symphonies.
Bibliography:
D. Lee: F. Benda (1709-86) a Thematic Catalgoue of His Works (New York, 1984)
F. Benda: Autobiography (1763)
D. Lee: A Musician at Court and Autobiography of F. Benda (Warren, MI, 1998)
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