Hermann Bendix

Hermann Bendix, life-size plaster bust by an unknown artist (around 1930).

Hermann Bendix (born April 22, 1859 in Damgarten ; † June 1, 1935 there ) was a German pedagogue , cantor and composer .

Life

Hermann Bendix was born on Good Friday 1859 as the son of the Damgarten cantor and teacher Gustav Bendix. He attended school in his hometown and was supposed to become a teacher. After the confirmation he attended the seminar in Franzburg , where he already distinguished himself through his strong musical ability. He got his first job as a teacher in Zingst . Here he led the choral society, founded the church choir and also did organist services . Then he attended the Royal Academic Institute for Church Music in Berlin and graduated as a music teacher at higher educational institutions, as an organist and choir conductor. In 1887, as the successor to his father, he received the teaching post at the school and the related post as cantor and organist at the church in Damgarten. In addition, he devoted himself to city history and literature.

In 2012, “Kantor-Bendix-Straße” was dedicated to Hermann Bendix in his home town of Damgarten.

Services

As a teacher, Hermann Bendix worked on the music book for Pomeranian schools Mein Sanggesell and on the singing primer for Pomerania . His commitment to village and small-town choir education and to educational reforms is reflected in various lectures that he gave, for example, on October 1, 1909, on the occasion of the first general meeting of the Pomeranian Cantors and Organists Association in Stralsund. His topic was the church choir according to its importance, maintenance and promotion with special consideration of the village and small town conditions (the lecture was also published in print).

As a composer, he mainly created organ and harmonium music, which became quite popular in northern Germany. He also wrote choral and instrumental music, piano and folk songs. He set also Low German poems by Helmuth Schroeder and the two complaints songs of Fritz Worm : From the blue ocean waters and complaints, expensive home . His piano music (mostly easy to moderately difficult salon compositions) was published in numerous print editions and was widely distributed.

Compositions

With opus number

• Two piano pieces, Op. 6 (1889, new edition 2018)

La blonde. Salon waltz

Valse gracieuse. Salon piece

"These two attractive waltzes would make excellent study material for candidates preparing for diplomas. The eloquence of the composer's craftsmanship, as well as the attractive presentation from Edition Dohr, is impressive. "(" These two delightful waltzes provide excellent study material for aspiring pianists preparing for an examination. The composer's craftsmanship is eloquent, the Appealing presentation of Edition Dohr impressive. ")

• Trip to the outdoors. Capriccio alla marcia for piano op.7 (1889, new edition 2019)
• Two piano pieces for four hands op.10 (new edition 2019)

Embers eyes. Tarantelle (1891)

Boléro (1894)

• Dans la Réunion. Polonaise for piano op.11 (1890, new edition 2019)
• Polonaise for piano four hands op.15.1 (1890, new edition 2009)
• Two piano pieces op.20 (1890, new edition 2019)

In the gondola. Cheerful salon piece

Curly hair. Cheerful salon piece

• Two piano pieces op.25 (new edition 2019)

On the Festkommers (1891)

On the riding arena. Character piece (1892)

• Two Slavic Dances for piano four hands op.26 (1892, new edition 2011)

“The emergence of the Slavic dances is due to a fashion of the time when Hungarian or Polish music was very popular. The short dances for four hands do not place high demands on the pianist, not even when it comes to playing together, but nevertheless enjoy a lively dialogue that undoubtedly degenerates into joy in playing. Only the fast tempos could cause difficulties. "

• Scheiden, Leiden , Lied ( Emanuel Geibel ) op. 36,2
• Ball silhouettes. Three waltzes for piano op.39 (1893, new edition 2018)
• Spring magic! A melody cycle for piano op.40 (around 1893, new edition 2012)

In the scent of flowers

In a sunny hallway

At the forest spring

Senses and affections

May night

In the boat

On a flowery meadow

Spring commemoration

• Two salon dances for piano op.43 (1894, new edition 2013)

"These two salon pieces [...] will delight all intermediate students who are not yet able to cope with the grand Polonaises of Chopin and wish to play these dance styles. The Polonaise is in C # minor with a contrasting middle section in A major consisting of thick LH chords which enhance the texture, while the Mazurka is somewhat shorter and simpler with a much thinner texture under its appealingly expressive melodic line. Young pianists and their teachers are most fortunate to have so much lovely new repertoire to explore. ”(“ These two salon pieces will delight all advanced piano students who are not yet able to master Chopin's great polonaises, but who play these dance styles nonetheless The polonaise is in C sharp minor with a contrasting middle section in A major and is determined by dense chords in the left hand, which clarify its texture, while the mazurka is a little shorter and simpler and with a much lighter structure is appealing expressive melody underlaid. Young pianists and their teachers can count themselves lucky to be able to discover such delightful new repertoire. ")

• Watercolors for piano op.44 (1894)
• Two Slavic sketches for two violins, violoncello, harmonium and piano op.48 (around 1906, new edition 2018)
• Ball silhouettes. Seven waltzes for piano op. 50 [new series] (1892/93, new edition 2009)
• Miniatures for piano op.54 (1898/99)
• Bagatelles for harmonium op.65
• Mood pictures . Seven pieces for harmonium op.74
• Elegy for trombone and organ using the chorale What my God wants, happens at all times, op.95,2 (first printing, Dohr , 2008)

"The elegy by Hermann Bendix (1859–1935) using the chorale What my God wants, this happens all the time [sic!] Sounds beautiful and authentically romantic, could be by [Josef Gabriel] Rheinberger ."

“Because of the high tessitura, slow tempo, and few rests, endurance may be a concern. This work is suited for a recital and for use in liturgical setting. " ("Because of the high register, the slow tempo and the few pauses, perseverance is necessary. This composition is suitable for concert recitals and for use in liturgical settings.")

• An album sheet . Romance for violin and piano op.105 (first edition, Dohr, 2008)

Without opus number

• Memory waltz. Remembrance of Beuthen (Upper Silesia) for piano (around 1889/90, new edition 2019)
• Postludium for organ (published in 1900 in the organ album edited by Ludwig Sauer , new edition 2011)
• Evening peace . Kleine Romance for viola and organ (first edition, Dohr, 2009)

“With this romance he [the editor] gives the viola a composition that will certainly be gladly and gratefully included in the repertoire of the original literature for podium and teaching. Cantability, expressiveness and the color spectrum typical of the viola characterize the piece. Bratschissimo! "

Fonts

Educational and musical

• About choral singing and the demands to be made of it ; in: Pomeranian Leaves for Schools and their Friends , Stettin 1893, No. 28 and 29.
• Religion or literature as the center of elementary school instruction ; in: Pomeranian Leaves for Schools and their Friends , Stettin 1894, No. 16, 17, 18 and 19.
• Church choir singing according to its importance, care and support with special consideration of the village and small-town conditions (lecture given on October 1, 1909 in Stralsund), Bremen 1910.
• On the theory and practice of choral singing (lecture given on October 4, 1910 in Stolp ), Bremen 1912.
• Marginal notes on the draft hymn book with sheet music for the province of Pomerania ; in: Pomeranian Leaves for Schools and their Friends , Stettin 1911, No. 42.
• War and music - Walther Moldenhauer , a war song composer ; in: Pomeranian Leaves for Schools and their Friends , Stettin, 1917, No. 32 and 33.
• What must the singing teacher consider in order to meet the basic requirements of the ministerial curriculum for singing lessons in elementary schools? ; in: Pomeranian sheets for the school and its friends , Stettin 1918, No. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Local and literary

• The pass at Damgarten ; in: District and home calendar of the Franzburg district for the year 1917 , Berlin 1917.
• Something from the criminal justice system of earlier days ; in: District and home calendar of the Franzburg district for the year 1918 , Berlin 1918.
• Disputes on the Recknitz , highlights on the history and location of my hometown , Wat bi so'n Stapellop happened (1919) and the inauguration of the town hall in Damgarten (1930)

literature

• Guido Johannes Joerg : Hermann Bendix - pedagogue, cantor and composer . In: Axel Attula (Ed.): 775 years Ribnitz / 750 years Damgarten. Contributions to recent city history . Greifswald: Panzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-024450-6 , pp. 17-24.
• Guido Johannes Joerg: Hermann Bendix (1859-1935) - building blocks for a biography . In: Baltic Studies . Volume 95 NF, 2009, ISSN  0067-3099 , pp. 151-182.
• Joachim Puttkammer: Hermann Bendix . In: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - 100 famous minds. Erfurt: Sutton Verlag 2011, p. 82.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official City Gazette Ribnitz-Damgarten - Official notices and information from the city of Ribnitz-Damgarten , 18th year, Monday, February 27, 2012, No. 2, p. 8, see archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
2. ↑ Kathryn Page, Two Piano Pieces op [.] 6 by Hermann Bendix , in: Piano Professional , European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), London, 2020, No. 1, p. 45.
3. ↑ Anke Kies, For the dance floor and the ballroom - piano sheet music for all occasions , in: new musikzeitung (nmz) , 3/2015, see [1] .
4. ↑ NL, Zwei Salontänze op [.] 43 by Hermann Bendix , in: Piano Journal , European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA), London, No. 102, 2014, p. 19.
5. ↑ Gabriel Dessauer in Church Music in the Diocese of Limburg , 1/2009 (May 1), p. 43, see [2] .
6. ↑ Patrick David Lawrence, Solo literature for trombone and organ - An annotated Bibliography (Diss.), Arizona State University, May 2009, p. 24.
7. ↑ Manfred Krüger, Klanggeschichten für Viola - Neue Noten von Bendix [...] and others , in: neue musikzeitung (nmz) , 12/2009, see [3] .
8. ^ Reprinted in: Hans Erichson (ed.), Uns leiw Stadt an'n Bodden. A flower harvest of local history articles about the Bodden towns Ribnitz and Damgarten . - Bargeshagen / Rostock: BS-Verlag-Rostock, 2007. (MV-Taschenbuch)

Web links

• Literature about Hermann Bendix in the state bibliography MV
• Personalities: Hermann Bendix (1859–1935). In: ribnitz-damgarten.de. Archived from the original on May 25, 2006 . 
• Hermann Bendix on the 150th birthday. (No longer available online.) In: Ostsee-Zeitung . April 22, 2009 formerly in the original .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
• Martin Stolzenau: His compositions outlived him: Today is the 80th anniversary of Hermann Bendix's death. In: Ostsee-Zeitung . June 1, 2015 . 
• Sheet music and audio files by Hermann Bendix in the International Music Score Library Project
• Hermann Bendix. Verlag Dohr(Vita, sheet music editions).