Ernst Friedrich Richter

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Ernst Friedrich Richter around 1860

Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (born October 24, 1808 in Großschönau ; † April 9, 1879 in Leipzig ) was Thomas Cantor 1868–1879 and professor at the Conservatory in Leipzig and music director at the university .

Life

Ernst Friedrich Richter first studied theology in Leipzig from 1831 , but soon turned entirely to music. In 1843 Richter was employed as a teacher for harmony and composition at the Royal Conservatory for Music in Leipzig . Along with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann, he was one of the first six full teachers at this institute. From 1843 to 1847 he also headed the Leipziger Sing-Akademie, became organist at the Peterskirche in 1851, at the Neukirche in 1862 and at the Nikolaikirche in 1863 . Here he was able to perform many of his compositions on the new Ladegast organ. In doing so, he shaped church music at St. Nikolai for six years until his appointment as Thomaskantor in 1868. In that year Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868), who had held this post at the time, died.

At the same time, Richter was appointed professor at the Conservatory and the University awarded him the title of University Music Director. Richter was now music director and cantor at the Thomas School and at the Conservatory, responsible for harmony and composition theory, organ playing and the analysis of classical compositions.

In his view, Ernst Friedrich Richter was based on the old thoroughbass theory and combined it with the theory of stages . But that could no longer do justice to the many harmonious innovations of contemporary art at that time.

Contemporary witnesses judge Richter: “His teaching emphasized the practical side of theoretical instruction and avoided speculation. Objectively, without superfluous rhetoric, understandable for everyone, he explained the harmonious laws and pursued the goal of leading everyone, including the less gifted, to success. Richter taught systematically, from the ground up, and did not, like some of his contemporary colleagues, take the view that the students should immediately start composing without having been introduced to the strict sentence . ”( Reisaus, J .: 1993 .65)

Richter's most famous student was the later musicologist Hugo Riemann . As a composer he wrote masses , motets and also widely used theory books.

Ernst Friedrich Richter was the father of the pianist and composer Alfred Richter (1846–1919) and the Bach researcher Bernhard Friedrich Richter .

Works

  • The basics of musical forms and their analysis (1852) ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Textbook of Harmony (1853) ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Textbook of the Fugue (1859) ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Catechism of the Organ (1868) ( digitized in the Google book search).
  • Textbook of single and double counterpoint (1872) ( digitized ).

Compositions (selection)

Richter composed psalms for choir and orchestra , motets , two masses , a stabat mater , songs, piano and organ pieces and string quartets , etc. a .: Oratorio: "Christ the Redeemer" (8 March 1849). Hymn for the celebration of the invention of the art of printing. Cantata for the Schiller Celebration (1859). Prayer for soprano and alto with organ. 6 hymns for alto or mezzo-soprano with quintet accompaniment. An overture for large orchestra, including also with opus numbers Psalms with orchestra: 126. Ps. Op. 10; 116. Ps. Op. 16; 131. Ps. Op. 17. Hymn: Holy and noble, for choir and orchestra, Op. 8 Ecce quomodo moritur for choir a. Orch. Op. 57. Psalms et al. Motets without accompaniment (in the last years of his life R. has achieved outstanding achievements, especially in his two-choir a cappella music): Op. 22, 3 motets; Op. 36, 4 motets 8pcs. (Ps. 100, 95, 114, 7); Op. 40, 3 motets; Op. 42, Ps. 22; Op. 45, motet (Lord, hear my prayer); Op. 56, Ps. 68, both 2-course. Motet for male voices (How lovely are your apartments), Op. 38th Missa, 4st. Op. 44; Missa, 2 choirs Op. 46; Salvum fac regem, Op. 23; Stabat mater, Op. 47; Agnus Dei, 12st., Op. 49; 6 spiritual chants, 6st. Op. 50. - 40 four-part spiritual chants for mixed voices: Op. 24, 41, 43, 52, 53, 54 and 55; 5 for male voices Op. 32 and 39; Dithyrambe v. Schiller for choir a. Clavier Op. 48; 16 songs for mixed voices (Op. 12, 14 and 18) and 10 for male voices (Op. 1 and 51); 8 two-part songs with piano Op. 13 and 35; 16 unanimous op. 9, 11 and 15. - String Quartet (E minor), Op. 25; Sonata for piano and violin (A minor), Op. 26; for piano a. Cello (A major) Op. 37. Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 34 and 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 58, both with 4 mains. Piano Sonatas (C sharp minor), Op. 27 and (Es), Op. 33. Op. 19; 3 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 21; 6 u. 3 trios or chorale preludes, Op. 20 and 29. Prelude to the chorale: God of heaven and earth.

estate

Part of the musical estate of Ernst Friedrich Richter (scope: 61 catalog numbers) is kept in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library. Further partial bequests can be found in the Bach Archive and in the Leipzig City Library.

portrait

literature

Web links

Commons : Ernst Friedrich Richter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Calliope | Union catalog for archival and archive-like stocks and national documentation instrument for personal papers and autographs. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .


personal data
SURNAME Judge, Ernst Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richter, Ernst Friedrich Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music teacher; Leipzig Thomaskantor
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Großschönau (Saxony) ( Lausitz )
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1879
Place of death Leipzig