Victor Bendix
Victor Emanuel Bendix (17 May 1851 in Copenhagen – January 1926) was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist, who came from a Jewish family. His teachers included Niels Gade.[1][2]
Victor Bendix.
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.[3]
Selected works
- Symphonies
- Symphony no. 1, op. 16, "Fjældstigning" in C major (1882)[4][5][1]
- Symphony no. 2, op. 20 "Sommerklange fra Sydrusland" in D major (1888)[4][5][1]
- Symphony no. 3, op. 25 in A minor (1895)[4][5]
- Symphony no. 4, op. 30 in D minor (1904-5)[6] (US premiere? by the Boston Symphony, April 26, 1907 conducted by Karl Muck)[7]
- Concertante works
- Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 17 (1884)[8]
- Orchestral works
- Dance suite in A, op. 29 (1903)[6] (given a performance conducted by Bendix in 1921)
- Chamber music
Further reading
- Cornelius, Jens: Victor Bendix – nøglefigur og paria i dansk musikliv, Rambam (2020)
Notes
- Elson, Arthur (1904). Modern Composers of Europe: Being an Account of the Most Recent Musical Progress in the Various European Nations, with Some Notes on Their History, and Critical and Biographical Sketches of the Contemporary Musical Leaders in Each Country. L.C. Page. p. 240. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- 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.
- Smith (2002), p. 60.
- "Danacord List of Bendix Symphonies". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- 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.
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