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Franz Bendel
Bohemian German pianist and composer
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- Děčín, Austria
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- 1833–1874
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Franz Bendel (23 March 1833 – 3 July 1874) was a German Bohemian pianist, composer, and teacher.
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Bendel was born in Schönlinde, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He was a student of Franz Liszt for five years in Weimar. From 1862, he lived in Berlin and taught at Theodor Kullak's Music Academy, Neue Akademie der Tonkunst. He was also the author of over four hundred compositions, many of them for the piano, including one piano concerto.
Bendel was a superb pianist who toured extensively until his death from typhoid fever in Boston while on an American tour. He was aged 41.
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- MusicBrainz
- de3776d7-04cd-460b-ba99-b46d573015f5
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- 0000000113853676
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.