Victor Bendix

Victor Bendix.

Victor Emanuel Bendix (17 May 1851 in Copenhagen – January 1926) was a Jewish Danish composer, conductor and pianist. His teachers included Niels Gade.^[1]

He was also a friend of Carl Nielsen, who dedicated his Symphonic Suite for piano (1894) to Bendix.

Selected works

• Symphonies
  • Symphony no. 1, op. 16, "Fjældstigning" in C major (1882)^[2][3]
  • Symphony no. 2, op. 20 "Sommerklange fra Sydrusland" in D major (1888)^[2][3]
  • Symphony no. 3, op. 25 in A minor (1895)^[2][3]
  • Symphony no. 4, op. 30 in D minor (1904-5)^[4]
• Concertante works
  • Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 17 (1884)^[5]
• Orchestral works
  • Dance suite in A, op. 29 (1903)^[4] (given a performance conducted by Bendix in 1921)
• Chamber music
  • Piano Trio in A major, op. 12 (1877)^[4]
  • Piano Sonata in G minor, op. 26 (published 1901)^[6]
  • Intermezzo for piano (published 1916)

Notes

1. Barnett, Rob (January 2001). "Review of Recording of Bendix Symphonies". Retrieved 20 February 2009.
2. Smith (2002), p. 60.
3. "Danacord List of Bendix Symphonies". Retrieved 20 February 2009.
4. Rłllum-Larsen (2002), p. 246.
5. OCLC 255249240.
6. 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.

External links

• Works by or about Victor Bendix at Internet Archive
• Free scores by Victor Bendix at the International Music Score Library Project