Benjamin Bilse
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Benjamin Bilse (17 August 1816 – 13 July 1902) was a German conductor and composer. Bilse was born in Liegnitz (present-day Legnica) in the Prussian Silesia Province. He obtained a rich musical education, as at the Vienna Conservatory under violinist Joseph Böhm, and played in the orchestra of Johann Strauss I. Returned to Liegnitz, he became municipal Kapellmeister in 1842. From 1867 he regularly performed with the "Bilse's Band" (Bilse'sche Kapelle) at the Concerthaus on Leipziger Straße in
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Legnica
- Place of death
- Legnica
- Occupation
- composer
- Position held
- chapelmaster
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Benjamin Bilse.jpg
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- Benjamin Bilse
- date of birth
- 1816-08-17
- date of death
- 1902-07-13
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P8168
- Dimitris Verginis
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Benjamin Bilse, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana