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Franz Bendel
Souvenir d'Hongrie for Piano Trio
Franz Bendel (1832-1874 was born in the town of Schoenlinde in Bohemia, then part of the Austrian Empire. He studied piano with Josef Proksch in Prague and then with Franz Liszt in Weimar. An outstanding virtuoso, he toured throughout Europe and the United States. A prolific composer of more than 400 works which included, symphonies, masses, a piano concerto, piano trio and hundreds of lighter works for piano, which became extraordinarily popular and which made his name as a composer.
Among these were works with such names as Souvenir d'Tyrol, Innsbruck, Italie, Am Genfersee etc. One of the most popular of all was his Souvenir d'Hongrie, composed in 1873 for the Boston Music Festival and originally for piano four hands. He also arranged it for piano trio. The work presents to the world, a sampling of typical Hungarian themes of the sort popularized by Franz Liszt. It makes an excellent shorter work or encore.
Parts: $12.95
