Felix Benda (25 February 1708 – 1768) was a

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n composer and organist. He was not a member of the Benda musical family. Benda was born in Skalsko. He was a student of

Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (Christened 16 February 1684, Nymburk, Bohemia – 1 July 1742, Graz, Austria) was a Czech composer, organist and teacher of the baroque era. He wrote among other works motets, other choral works (a fugue ''Laud ...

. In 1726 he became an organist at the Michaelskirche in Prague (succeeding

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). His works, not published during his lifetime, demonstrate his profound knowledge in counterpoint. They include a requiem mass, organ masses, two

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s, and other church music. Benda's students included

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and

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. He died in

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in 1768.Mendel

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