About Jules Bentz
Lived 1873 – 1962 (aged 89). Jules Bentz was a French composer.
Jules Bentz (13 May 1873 – 14 October 1962) was a French composer, organist and Kapellmeister.
Biography Jules Bentz was born in Merxheim in Alsace during the German annexation. He began his musical studies at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg and completed them at the École Niedermeyer under the direction of Gustave Lefèvre, A. Georges, Ch. de Bériot, P. Viardot and Clément Loret.
After two years as a choir organist at Notre-Dame de Clignancourt, he later became organist and Kapellmeister at the église Sainte-Geneviève in Asnières.
Bentz wrote a very large number of motets and pieces for piano, organ, violin and orchestra.
Jules Bentz died in Asnières on 14 October 1962.
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Who was Jules Bentz?
French composer
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Jules Bentz was born on 13 May 1873 in Merxheim.
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Jules Bentz died on 14 October 1962 in Asnières-sur-Seine.
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Jules Bentz was a composer.
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Jules Bentz was French.
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