Background
Bendel was born in Schönlinde, Bohemia, Austrian Empire.
composer music educator pianist
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 only 41.
Compositions Polkas de Salon pour le Piano, op.58. No.1 Polka gracieuse No.2 Polka de la Jeunesse heureuse
Salonpieces for pianoforte of real merit; pianoforte-concerto, pianoforte-trio, sonata for pianoforte, and violin, etudes (''On the Lake of Geneva" opus 109; Study in Sixths, Bb 1:nin.), nocturnes, romances, etc.; also symphomes, 4 masses, several books of songs