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Georg Benda (born Staré Benátky, June 30, 1722 - died Köstritz, November 6, 1795) was a Czech-German kapellmeister and composer. He is sometimes referred to as Jiři Benda.

Benda was called to Potsdam by his brother Franz Benda in 1742; however, in 1750, he chose to go to Gotha to become the Court Kapellmeister there.

A stipend from the Duke allowed him to take a study trip to Italy.

Benda had particular success with a form of musical stage entertainment, the melodrama, which influenced Mozart. Besides that he wrote many instrumental pieces.

His main theatrical works include:

:Xindo riconnosciuto, opera (1765) :Ariadne auf Naxos, duodrama (1775) :Medea, duodrama (1775) :Der Dorfjahrmarkt, Singspiel (1775) :Romeo und Julie, Singspiel (1776) :Walder, Singspiel (1776) :Pygmalion, duodrama (1779)

His son was the musician Friedrich Ludwig Benda (1752-1796), who served as a music director in Hamburg and later in Mecklenburg, before finally becoming the Concertmaster in Königsberg.

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