Heinrich Gottfried Reichard

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Heinrich Gottfried Reichard (born June 22, 1742 in Schleiz ; † May 22, 1801 in Grimma ) was a German teacher, philologist, cantor and composer.

Life

Heinrich Gottfried Reichard was the son of the city and district judge, councilor and bailiff and Schleizer court music director Johann Georg Reichard (1710–1782) and Christine Friederike born. Chef from Schleiz. He attended school in Schleiz and studied theology and philology at Leipzig University from 1761 . His teacher in Latin here was Johann August Ernesti . In 1765 he graduated from the Philosophical Faculty with a master's degree , and in 1766 he completed his habilitation on the subject of De arte bene scribendi origine et fatis usque ad AC 1453 .

In 1769 Reichard was appointed cantor and quartus at the Grimma Princely School , and in 1782 he was appointed Tertius here. In 1789 he was appointed vice principal.

Reichard became known through various writings and especially his work as a translator from and into Latin. Among other things, he translated the 'History of the Seven Years War in Germany' by Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz into Latin, for which he was awarded a gold commemorative medal by Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig.

Reichard was born in 1771 with Friederike Wilhelmine. Thallwitz married and had a son Karl Gottfried (1779–1844).

Works

  • De artis bene scribendi origine et fatis usque ad AC 1453 , Habil. Leipzig 1766;
  • Philanthropos, sive de institutione puerili dialogus, in quo nova lingvarum tradendarum ratio, nuperime commenditur expenditur , 1777
  • Historia belli septennis in germania from a. 1756-a. 1763 gesti , Baruthi 1792.

Compositions

  • Lord you are our refuge for and for - Psalm 90 ( digitized version )
  • See, serve the angel , cantata

estate

A partial estate of Heinrich Gottfried Reichard with approx. 90 catalog numbers is kept in the music department of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (call number: Mus.3602-…).

literature

  • GS Ermel: Old and New from the Electoral Saxon City of Grimma , Leisnig 1792, pp. 122–126
  • E. Heyden: Gallery of famous and strange Reussian countries , Frankfurt / Main 1858, pp. 150–154
  • Richard Hoche :  Reichard, Heinrich Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 624 f.
  • M. Preusker: The Grimma prince school cantor Heinrich Gottfried Reichard and his cantata "See, serve the angel" , Dresden 1997 [MS]
  • KJ Roeßler: History of the Royal Saxon Princely and State School Grimma , Leipzig 1891

Web links

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 Reichard, Heinrich Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher, philologist, cantor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Schleiz
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1801
Place of death Grimma