What is "benda"

Benda may refer to :

The surname Benda may refer to:

A prominent family of musicians originally from Bohemia, chiefly:

• Jan Jiří Benda ( cz) (1686–1757), weaver, musician; married Dorota Brixi (1686–1762) of the noted musical family
  • Franz Benda (Czech: František Benda; 1709–1786), violin virtuoso and composer
    • Maria Carolina Benda (1742–1820), singer, pianist, composer; married German composer Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
    • Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (1745–1814), violinist, pianist, composer (known for the Singspiel "Das Blumenmädchen"), born in Potsdam
    • Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda (1748–1836), violinist, composer
      • August Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand (1779–1861), Kammerdiener and nobleman
        • Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Robert von Benda ( de), politician
          • Hans Robert Heinrich von Benda (1856–1919)
            • Hans Gustav Robert von Benda (1888–1972) ( de), conductor
      • Friedrich August Benda (1786–1854), civil servant and patron of music
    • Juliane Benda (1752–1783), singer, pianist, composer; married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1815)
      • Louise Reichardt (1779–1826), German songwriter and composer
  • Johann Georg Benda (Czech: Jan Jiří Benda; 1713–1752), violinist, composer
  • Viktor Benda (1719–1762), weaver
  • Georg Anton Benda (Czech: Jiří Antonín Benda; 1722–1795), kapellmeister, violinist, composer
    • Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1752–1792), composer, violinist; married singer Felicitas Agnesia Ritz ( de)
    • Heinrich Benda (1754-?) ( de), violinist
    • Catherine Justine Benda (1757–?) ( de), singer in Hamburg; married actors 1. Karl Friedrich Zimdar ( de) 2. Adolph Blanchard
      • Caroline Zimdar (1779-?) ( de), singer and actor; married actor Maximilian Scholz
    • Christian Hermann Benda (1759–1805), singer, actor
      • Amalia Carolina Louisa Benda (1795-1846) ( de), actor; married actor Carl August Schmidt
        • Adolph Benda (1825-?) ( de), opera singer; married actor and singer Susanna Benda ( de)
          • Josephina Maria Louise Benda-Baranyai (* 1854)
            • Ilona B. Benda (1884-?) ( de), German-American author and journalist
    • Karl Ernst Eberhard Benda (1764–1824) ( de), singer, actor in Berlin
      • Sophia Carolina Benda (1787-1844)( de), singer and actor
  • Joseph Benda (Czech: Josef Benda; 1724–1804), violinist, composer
    • Johann Friedrich Ernst Benda (1747–1785), violinist, harpsichordist in Berlin
      • Johann Wilhelm Otto Benda (1775–1832)
    • Karl Friedrich Franz Benda (1754–1816), musician
  • Anna Franziska Benda (Czech: Anna Františka Bendová; 1728–1781), operatic soprano; married Bohemian composer Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
    • Jindřich Krištof Hataš, composer

Other family members

• Felix Benda (1708–1768), Bohemian composer