Music Directory: Benda, Jiri Antonin

Benda, Georg - Biography showing his movement from musician to composer, including his influence on German melodramas. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.

Benda, Georg - Entry from the 1911 Encyclopedia touching on his famous family and focusing on him as the most important member of the clan.

Benda, Georg (1722-1795) - Biographical sketch, portrait, musical history, noted works, family relationships, and Naxos discography.

Georg (Anton) [Jirí Antonin] Benda - Biography noting family connections and showing his work in the Prussian court from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program.

Czech Music - Jan Antonin Benda.

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:00:00 GMT

October 1, 2005 -- Jan Antonin Benda Concertos for Harpsichord Obligato, Two Violins, Viola and Cello Collegium 1704: Vaclav Luks--harpsichord, musical...

Independent, The (London) - Anniversaries

Fri, 06 Nov 1998 08:00:00 GMT

November 6, 1998 -- Births: Thomas Kyd, playwright, 1558; James Gregory, inventor of the reflecting telescope, 1638; Colley Cibber, actor and playwright, 1671; Adolphe...

Notes - Untersuchungen zu Musikbeziehungen zwischen Mannheim, Bohmen und Mahren im spaten 18. und fruhen 19. Jahrhundert: Symphonie, Kirchenmusic, Melodrama. (book...

Fri, 01 Mar 1996 08:00:00 GMT

March 1, 1996 -- This collection of nineteen essays by German and Czech scholars stems from a colloquium held at Mannheim in early 1987, the subject of which was...

Independent, The (London) - Anniversaries

Fri, 30 Jun 1995 07:00:00 GMT

June 30, 1995 -- Births: John Gay, poet and playwright, 1685; Georg Anton (Jiri Antonin) Benda, harpsichordist, oboist and composer, baptised 1722; Tom Oliver,...