Bendix Friedrich Zinck (composer)

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Bendix Friedrich Zinck , also: Benedict Friedrich Zink , (baptized March 8, 1743 in Husum ; † March 23, 1801 in Ludwigslust ) was a German chamber musician and composer.

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Bendix Friedrich Zinck was a son of the musician Bendix Friedrich Zinck (1715–1799) and his wife Margaretha, née Krüger. He allegedly lived in complete deafness until he was 12 years old. Afterwards his father taught him to play the violin, piano and organ. He then lived for a short time in England and in 1764 got a job with Count Wedel Jarlsberg in Christiania . From November 29, 1767 until the end of his life he was violinist and concertmaster of the Ludwigslust court orchestra for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . From 1777 he played here together with his brother Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck (1746–1832).

Gustav Schilling wrote that Zinck had already made a great contribution to “promoting music” in Christiania, for example with a performance of the oratorio The Death of Jesus . From Ludwigslust he went on art trips, including to Dresden, Berlin, London and Hamburg. In the Hanseatic city , he probably studied composition with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , who valued him personally. Due to Bach's influences, Zinck became not only a well-known concert musician, but also a theorist and composer.

Zinck created 15 symphonies and 2 large vocal works that have been preserved. It can be seen that he was constantly developing Bach's style. Zinck obviously did not write smaller works for piano, flute or other wind instruments that were popular at the time.

Zinck's first marriage in 1769 was a widow named Helms. On January 26, 1781, he married Charlotte Nussbaum (1760-1817) in Ludwigslust.

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SURNAME Zinck, Bendix Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zink, Benedict Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chamber musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH baptized March 8, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Husum
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1801
Place of death Ludwigslust