The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Benda, Georg
BENDA, Georg, German musician, the
most distinguished of a notable musical family:
b. Jungbunzlau, Bohemia, 1721; d. Köstriz 1795.
He was bandmaster to the Duke of Gotha
(1748-87), and in this period produced several
operas and cantatas, such as ‘Ariadne auf
Naxos’ and ‘Medea.’