Victor Bendix

Victor Emanuel Bendix (17 May 1851 in Copenhagen – January 1926) was a Danish composer, conductor and pianist, who came from a Jewish family. His teachers included Niels Gade.

He was also a friend of Carl Nielsen, who dedicated his Symphonic Suite for piano (1894) to Bendix.

In 1879, he married the writer and philanthropist Baroness Rigmor Stampe.

Selected works

 * Symphonies
 * Symphony no. 1, op. 16, "Fjældstigning" in C major (1882)
 * 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)
 * Piano Sonata in G minor, op. 26 (published 1901)
 * Intermezzo for piano (published 1916)