Victor Emanuel Bendix (17 May 1851 in

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– January 1926) was a

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, conductor and

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, who came from a Jewish family. His teachers included

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. He was also a friend of

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, who dedicated his Symphonic Suite for piano (1894) to Bendix. In 1879, he married the writer and philanthropist Baroness

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Selected works

*Symphonies **Symphony no. 1, op. 16, "Fjældstigning" in C major (1882)Smith (2002), p. 60. **Symphony no. 2, op. 20 "Sommerklange fra Sydrusland" in D major (1888) **Symphony no. 3, op. 25 in A minor (1895) **Symphony no. 4, op. 30 in D minor (1904-5) (US premiere? by the Boston Symphony, April 26, 1907 conducted by Karl Muck) *Concertante works **Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 17 (1884) *Orchestral works **Dance suite in A, op. 29 (1903) (given a performance conducted by Bendix in 1921) *Chamber music **Piano Trio in A major, op. 12 (1877)Rłllum-Larsen (2002), p. 246. **Piano Sonata in G minor, op. 26 (published 1901). **Intermezzo for piano (published 1916)

Notes

References

*Smith, Frederick Key (2002). . Greenwood Publishing Group. . *Rłllum-Larsen, Claus; Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark) (2002). . Museum Tusculanum Press. .

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