Composers

Georg Benda

Voice
Orchestra
Soprano
Mixed chorus
Tenor
Bass
String ensemble
Alto
Harpsichord
Clavichord
Cantatas
Sacred cantatas
Religious music
Sonata
Operas
Concerto
Sonatina
Melodrama
Operettas
Secular cantatas
by popularity

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12 Sonatinen und eine Sonate16 Keyboard Sonatas2 Harpsichord Concertos34 Keyboard Sonatinas6 Harpsichord Sonatas

A

Amynts Klagen über die Flucht der Lalage, L.491Ariadne auf Naxos

B

Bewaffnet mit Schrecken erfüllet die Nacht, L.542Bringt ihm auf den Altären, L.524

C

Cephalus und Aurore

D

Das FindelkindDas Jahr stürzt hin ins Meer der Ewigkeiten, L.515Das tartarische GesetzeDein Wort ist da erwarte du Allmächtiger, L.527Der Feinde schäumende Menge stürzt wütend auf dich her, L.530Der Himmel majestätischer Lieder, L.539Der HolzhauerDer Jahrmarkt, L.481Des Jünglinges heilige Lehren, L.533Die Stimme des Herrn im einzigen Worte, L.521Du öffnest deine Hand, L.541Du wagst es du Lästerer, L.523

E

Er ist gesetzt zum Auferstehn und Falle, L.517Er öffnet euch Himmel, L.538Eröffnet die Tore der Held ist gekommenErschallet ihr Tempel, L.536Erwache von dem Sündenschlafe, L.528

F

Fantasia in C minorFlute Sonata in G major, L.642.b

G

Gerechtigkeit ihr Fürsten, L.537Gott steigt herab, L.511

H

Harpsichord Concertino in C majorHarpsichord Concerto in B minorHarpsichord Sonata in C minor, L.626qHerr nun lässest du deinen DienerHerr sende den Schöpfer der TugendHerr wenn deine Wunder eilen, L.520Himmel und Erde sind voll seiner Güte, L.535

I

Ich will dir mein Hort lobsingen, L.510Ihr brausenden Wogen, L.518Im Blute wird er dir erscheinen, L.522In Kedars bangen Hütten, L.534

J

Jauchzet ihr Himmel freue dich Erde, L.607Jesu deine heil'gen Lehren zu bewahren, L.566Jetzt geht auf ungebahnten Wegen, L.555

K

Keyboard Concerto in G majorKeyboard Concerto in G minor

M

Medea, L.477

N

Nun ist er da wohlauf zum Blutvergießen, L.540

O

Ode auf den Sterbemorgen der Herzogin zu Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg, L.501

P

Preis dem Stifter des neueren Bundes, L.532Pygmalion

R

Reißt Zweifler Trost und Glauben ein, L.512Romeo und Julie

S

Sammlung Italienischer ArienSammlung Vermischter StückeSei uns gesegnet du festlicher Tag, L.513Sein Auge hat dich nun gesehen, L.531Sieh die Tränen die die Deinen über deinen Hingang weinen, L.529Sinfonia in D minorSterblicher durch deine Kräfte, L.525

T

Trio Sonata in E major

V

Verlaß uns, die uns unsre Tage, L.582

W

WalderWelch ein jämmerliches Klagen, L.516Wie Flammen auf Gottes Altären, L.526Wir stehn mit Ernst im Blicke, L.519
Wikipedia
Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jiří Antonín Benda), (30 June 1722 – 6 November 1795), was a Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister of the classical period.
Born into a family of notable musicians in Old Benatek (today Benátky nad Jizerou), Bohemia, he studied at the Piarist Gymnasium (grammar school) in Kosmanos and at the Jesuit Gymnasium in 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. The following year Benda was summoned to Potsdam as a composer and arranger for his older brother Franz, himself an illustrious composer and violinist. Seven years later, in 1749, he entered the service of the Duke of Gotha as Kapellmeister, where he constantly cultivated his talents for composition, specializing in religious music.
A stipend from the duke allowed Benda to take a study trip to Italy in 1764. He returned to Gotha in 1766, and devoted himself to composition. In all, he wrote about ten operas, several operettas, and the melodramas Ariadne auf Naxos, Medea and Almansor und Nadine. In 1778 he resigned his position and visited Hamburg, Vienna, and other cities, and finally settled at the little hamlet of Köstritz.
Benda's most important contribution lies in the development of the German melodramas, a form of musical stage entertainment which influenced Mozart. In 1774, the Swiss-born director Abel Seyler's theatrical company arrived in Gotha, and Seyler commissioned Benda to write several successful melodramas, including Ariadne auf Naxos, Medea and Pygmalion. Ariadne auf Naxos is generally considered his best work. At its debut in 1775, the opera received enthusiastic reviews in Germany and afterwards, in the whole of Europe, with music critics calling attention to its originality, sweetness, and ingenious execution. Besides that he wrote many instrumental pieces including many sinfonias, keyboard sonatas, keyboard concertos, violin concertos and a smaller number of trio sonatas, violin sonatas and flute sonatas.
Benda also wrote music for masonic rituals.
Benda died in Köstritz, in Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, at the age of 73, leaving his son, Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1752–1796), who briefly carried on the family musical tradition, serving as a music director in Hamburg and later in Mecklenburg, before finally becoming the concertmaster in Königsberg. He died less than a year after his father.
Benda's Harpsichord Concerto in C was featured in Apple Computer's 1989 Knowledge Navigator concept video.