Ernst Heinrich Leopold Richter
Ernst Heinrich Leopold Richter (born November 15, 1805 in Thiergarten , district of Ohlau , province of Silesia , today in Ohlau ; † April 24, 1876 in Steinau an der Oder ) was a German music teacher and composer .
Life
Ernst HL Richter received his first music lessons in Thiergarten near Ohlau, Breslau and Berlin , among others with Bernhard Klein and Carl Friedrich Zelter . In 1826 he joined the Breslau Singakademie , where he often worked as a soloist. In 1827 he became a music teacher at the Protestant school teacher seminar in Breslau, from 1847 after it was moved to Steinau an der Oder. He became music director there and was a respected teacher. He was friends with August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben , with whom he published several collections of folk songs and from whom he set various texts to music.
Works
- Silesian folk songs with their melodies (with Hoffmann von Fallersleben), 1842 ( digitized ).
- Fifty children's songs (with Hoffmann von Fallersleben), 1843 ( digitized ).
- Fifty new children's songs (with Hoffmann von Fallersleben), 1845 ( digitized ).
- An opera (Die Contrebande), a symphony for large orchestra, cantatas, motets, organ and piano works, male choirs and songs.
literature
- Theodore Baker: A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Schirmer, New York 1900, p. 485 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Eduard Bernsdorf, Julius Schladebach (Ed.): New Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst. Volume 3. André, Offenbach 1861, p. 331 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Friedhelm Brusniak: “So in speeches and gestures, be like the children too” - The children's songs No. 1–6. In: Ute Jung-Kaiser , Matthias Kruse (eds.): Schumanns album leaves . Olms, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 2006, ISBN 3-487-13199-4 , pp. 85-100.
- WL Hubbard: The American History And Encyclopedia of Music: Musical Biographies. London 1910, p. 214 f. ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
- Gustav Schilling : Encyclopedia of the Entire Musical Sciences, or Universal Lexicon of Tonkunst, Volume 2. FH Köhler, 1842, pp. 98-100 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Julius Schuberth: Small musical conversation lexicon . Schuberth, Leipzig / Philadelphia / New York 1871, p. 324 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Heinrich Leopold Richter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Ernst Heinrich Leopold Richter in the German Digital Library
- Ernst Heinrich Leopold Richter in the German biography
- Entry on Ernst Heinrich Leopold Richter in Kalliope
- Short biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Ernst Heinrich Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thiergarten , district of Ohlau , province of Silesia , today to Ohlau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1876 |
| Place of death | Steinau on the Oder |