Death Anniversary: František Benda — March 7, 1786
He died at Nowawes near Potsdam on 7 March 1786 after succeeding Johann Gottlieb Graun as royal Konzertmeister to Frederick the Great. Renowned throughout Europe for the singing, cantabile warmth of his violin playing, his seventeen symphonies and over eighty violin sonatas helped define the North German empfindsamer Stil.
Dates verified on Douglas A. Lee, A Franz Benda Thematic Catalogue, Pendragon Press, 1984, ISBN 978-0918728425; Grove Music Online, entry "Benda, Franz" (https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02640).
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