Bendeler, Johann Jacob 18.dec.1646-1720 Germany Schwaben, ? - Niedersachsen, Wolfenbuttel
choirmaster, cantor, from 1649 grown up in Riethnordhausen Thuringen, godson of Andreas Werckmeister, 1.dec.1689 cantor at the Lateinschule in Wolfenbuttel, 1689-1717 choirmaster of the Haubtkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis in Wolfenbuttel for which he composed about 75 church cantatas, none of his compositions have been saved or found ; son of field preacher in the swedish army/priest Justus Bendeler (Lippstadt 16.dec.1612-1.apr.1661 Riethnordhausen) ; brother of music (organ) theorist Johann Philipp Bendeler (Riethnordhausen 20.nov.1654-26.dec.1709 Quedlinburg)