Bernhard Friedrich Richter

Bernhard Friedrich Richter (born August 1, 1850 in Leipzig ; † April 16, 1931 there ) was a German church musician .

Life

Bernhard Friedrich Richter - son of the musician Ernst Friedrich Richter - received his first lessons from his father. Then he attended the Thomas School . In 1876 Richter was appointed organist at the Jakobskirche in Leipzig, where he filled the positions of organist and cantor at the Luther Church and singing teacher at the St. Thomas School from 1890 . On an interim basis, Richter succeeded the late Wilhelm Rust in the post of Thomaskantor from 1892 before he was replaced by Gustav Schreck the following year .

In 1908 Bernhard Friedrich Richter was appointed church music director , in 1917 royal professor. Richter particularly made contributions to Johann Sebastian Bach .

Publications (selection)

• The election of Johann Sebastian Bach as cantor of the Thomas School in 1723, In: Bach-Jahrbuch Vol. 2, 1905, pages 48–67.
• About the fate of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas belonging to the St. Thomas School in Leipzig, In: Bach-Jahrbuch Vol. 3, 1906, page 43–73.
• About Sebastian Bach's cantatas with an obligatory organ, In: Bach-Jahrbuch Vol. 5, 1908, pages 43–73.
• Johann Sebastian Bach in the church service of the Thomaner, In: Bach-Jahrbuch Vol. 12, 1915, pages 49–63.
• The cantors of the Thomas School and their significance for Protestant church music: a sketch , In: Der Thomanerchor zu Leipzig: special edition of the 'Kirchenchors', Leipzig, 1920, pages 3–12.

literature

• Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 8. Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , p. 276.

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernhard Friedrich Richter in the catalog of the German National Library