Karel Bendl

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Karel Bendl
Portrait of Karel Bendl by Jan Vilímek
Born	1838-04-16
Died	1897-09-20
Nationality	Czech
Other names	Podskalský
Occupation(s)	Composer,Conductor

Karel Bendl, or German: Karl Bendl, pseudonym: Podskalský (16 April 1838, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 20 September 1897, Prague) was a Czech composer.

Life

Bendl was born and died in Prague. He studied at the organ school, where he met and befriended Antonín Dvořák one year before graduating with honors in 1858. By then he had already composed a number of small choral works. In 1861 his Poletuje holubice won a prize and at once became a favorite with the local choral societies. In 1864, Bendl went to Brussels, where for a short time he held the post of second conductor of the opera. After visiting Amsterdam and Paris. In Paris, he became influenced by the stage works of Charles Gounod and Ambroise Thomas and especially by Giacomo Meyerbeer.

By 1865, he was back in Prague where he was appointed conductor of the choral society known as Hlahol^[cs], and he held the post until 1879, when Russian Baron Dervies^[ru] (originally from Hamburg), includes Baron Pavel (Grigor'evič) fon Derwies (von der Wiese, Dervies, Dervíz)^[fr] engaged his services for his private band.^[1]

Bendl's first opera Lejla was successfully produced in 1868. It was followed by Břetislav a Jitka (1870), Starý ženich, a comic opera (1883), Karel Škréta (1883), Dítě Tábora, a prize opera (1892), and Máti Míla (1891). Other operas by Bendl are Indická princezna, Černohorci, a prize opera, and the two operas Čarovný květ and Gina. His ballad Švanda dudák acquired much popularity; he published a mass in D minor for male voices and another mass for a mixed choir; two songs to "Ave Maria"; a violin sonata and a string quartet Op.119 in F Major; and a quantity of songs and choruses, many of which have come to be regarded as national possessions of Bohemia.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Chisholm 1911.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bendl, Karel". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

Karel Bendl String Quartet in F, Op.119
Twelve Gipsy songs. 1st and 2nd series. With pianoforte accompaniment^{[permanent dead link]} (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
Quartet, strings, op. 119, F major (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)
Free scores by Karel Bendl at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
Detailed biography (in Czech)

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