Franz Bendel

Franz Bendel was a German Bohemian pianist and composer.

Bendel was born in Schnlinde, 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 Kullaks 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.

Source: Wikipedia