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Benda, Frantisek
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Musical biography noting his own accomplishments as singer, musician, and composer and his place in his musical family. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa...a/learning/grove.html?record=921
Brief biographical sketch noting relationship with the Bach family from Timothy A. Smith's Sojourn pages.
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Benda, Franz: Biography Benda was composer and violinist in the court of Prussia's Frederick the Great. In 1734 Benda visited Bach in Leipzig. Benda is mentioned in a letter (1775) from Carl Philip Emanuel to Forkel as one whose works his father had...Biography with family background, education, and links to related composers and topics from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.
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HOASM: Franz [Frantisek] Benda Bohemian composer and violin virtuoso. Eldest of five musical children of Jan Jiri [Johann Georg] Benda (1686-1757) and Dorota Brixi. In 1720 he ran away from his position in the choir at St. Nicolas's in Prague; he ended up in...Background information showing his influence and fame in composition and violin playing from the Czech Classical Music Dictionary.
http://www.czechmusic.com/dictionary1/57.html
Portrait of the two with C. P. E. Bach in a chamber concert in the royal halls.
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Frantisek Benda with King Frederick the Great To download, right click on photo and save to your computer King Frederick the Great on the Flute performing with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach on the Harpsichord and Frantisek Benda on the Violin...Extended biography and family history, beginning with his father, Jan Jiri and discussing other members and their ongoing musical influence. Includes Naxos discography.
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Composer Benda family has provided a continuing musical tradition from the time of the first Jan Jiri Benda, born in 1686 in the Bohemian village of Mstetice, to the present day. The Bendas had settled in Bohemia at least two generations...