Willy Benda

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Willy Benda (born October 5, 1870 in Vevey ; † August 18, 1929 in Bielefeld ) was a German cellist and conductor .

Life

Benda lived in Scotland in the 1890s and was professor of piano, cello and accompaniment at the Athenaeum School of Music . He was also the conductor of the Greenock Amateur Orchestra, which has more than 60 members. For one year (1898) he participated in the Kosman String Quartet.

In 1907, Benda was called from Charlottenburg to Bielefeld to become director of the Bielefeld Conservatory.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Willy Benda in the Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition
  2. ^ A b Stefan Manz: Migrants and Internees: Germans in Glasgow, 1864-1918 . Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-515-08427-7 , pp. 115 ( google.com ).
  3. ^ Musical Courier . 1902, p. 80 ( google.com ).
  4. ^ The Violin Times: A Journal for Professional and Amateur Violinists and Quartet Players . 1899, p. 143 ( google.com ).
  5. ↑ The music . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1907, p. 126 .
personal data
SURNAME Benda, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cellist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Vevey
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1929
Place of death Bielefeld