Curt Herbert Richter

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Curt Herbert Richter (born November 6, 1898 in Bärenstein ; † February 3, 1974 in Bernsbach ) was a German zither soloist and composer .

Life

Memorial plaque to Curt Herbert Richter in Bärenstein

All of his paternal ancestors were highly musical. His father founded the Bärenstein concert zither club "Elegie" and taught his son zither and harmony. The most famous in the family was the brother of his great-grandfather, ennobled Imperial General Music Director in Moscow. C.-H. Richter learned to play the zither and guitar at an early age and was already playing independently at the age of 13.

In 1920 the trained electrical mechanic performed for the first time with Anton Günther in precipitation and from then on devoted himself to Ore Mountains folk music. From 1928 he was the first to compose his own new Erzgebirge songs for the zither.

In 1930 the first record with Richter's music appeared.

On December 3, 1932, an Ore Mountains Advent celebration from Scheibenberg with Curt Herbert Richter was broadcast for the first time . In the later years other similar programs followed. After the Second World War, from 1946 onwards he organized the Leipzig folk music lesson on the radio. In 1963 he retired from the radio and stage due to illness. He last lived in Bernsbach .

Works

  • Greetings from native mountains
  • Erzgebirge Leprechaun Games
  • Erzgebirge wandering song
  • Ski hut polka
  • Erzgebirge village music
  • De Postkutsch , text: Herbert Stoll
  • Mountain wind
  • holidays in the mountains
  • Erzgebirge dance style
  • Dance on the crocus meadow
  • Funny Erzgebirge
  • Erzgebirge air
  • In the new time
  • Beautiful Bohemia
  • Funny buddy
  • a total of 70 songs and instrumental pieces

literature

  • Werner Unger : Kurt Herbert Richter. In: Glückauf, Kultur- und Heimatblätter der Kreis Aue and Schneeberg 4 (1957) 11, pp. 206-207.
  • Manfred Pollmer : On the 75th birthday of Curt Herbert Richter , in: Der Heimatfreund für das Erzgebirge 19 (1974), pp. 10-11.
  • Lothar Herrmann / Rolf Fickel: Curt-Herbert Richter “Music - my whole life”. Sketches of a musician's life , ed. from the Erzgebirgszweigverein Bernsbach 1993.

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personal data
SURNAME Judge, Curt Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zither soloist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Bear stone
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1974
Place of death Bernsbach