Georg Benda
Overview
Kapellmeister
Kapellmeister is a German word designating a person in charge of music-making. The word is a compound, consisting of the roots Kapelle and Meister . The words Kapelle and Meister derive from the Latin: capella and magister...
, violinist and composer
Composer
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of the classical period
Classical period (music)
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Born in Staré Benátky
Benátky nad Jizerou
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(Old Benatek), Bohemia
Bohemia
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, he studied at the Piarist
Piarists
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Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
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(grammar school) in Kosmonosy
Kosmonosy
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and at the Jesuit
Society of Jesus
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Gymnasium in Jičín
Jicín
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(Gitschin) from 1735 to 1742. Benda was 19 when Frederick the Great bestowed upon him in 1741 the position of second violinist in the chapel of Berlin.
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