Richard Schmidt (Cantor)

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Richard Schmidt (born June 16, 1877 in Oberoderwitz , † 1958 in Dresden ) was a German cantor and organist .

Life

Richard Schmidt was born in 1877 as the son of the cantor Wilhelm Schmidt (1851-1896) and his wife Auguste Helbig in Oberoderwitz, Amtshauptmannschaft Löbau , Saxony. After attending the Dresden Kreuzschule (1888–1896), he worked as an auxiliary organist at the Trinity Church . From 1896 to 1900 he studied piano and organ at the Royal Conservatory in Dresden .

From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a répétiteur at the Saxon Court Theater in Dresden . From 1901 to 1916 he was cantor and organist at the Jakobikirche and from 1903 to 1928 teacher at the Dresden Conservatory. From 1913 to 1928 he was a music teacher at the Dresden Kreuzschule. From 1916 to 1945 he was cantor and organist at the Erlöserkirche , where he was represented by Kantor Reiche during his military service. From 1928 he was a lecturer for piano, organ and theory at the orchestral school of the Saxon State Orchestra . After the destruction in the Second World War, he worked under Cantor Johannes John in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in countless cantatas and oratorios.

He was a member of the Reich Association of German Tonkünstler and Music Teachers , the New Bach Society and the Dresden Tonkünstlerverein.

Schmidt, a Protestant, was married to Elsa Röber from 1904 and had a son.

literature

  • Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann : Concise Tonkünstlerlexikon. For musicians and friends of music. 12th, very enlarged edition. Carl Merseburger, Leipzig 1926.
  • Erich H. Müller (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon. W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Dresden cantors and organists report on their work and on the maintenance of music at their church. In: Matthias Herrmann (Ed.): The Dresden church music in the 19th and 20th centuries (= Music in Dresden . Vol. 3). Laaber, Laaber 1998, ISBN 3-89007-331-X , p. 415ff., Here: p. 444f.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Erich H. Müller (Hrsg.): German Musicians Lexicon. W. Limpert-Verlag, Dresden 1929.
  3. ↑ Matthias Herrmann: In the course of time. From private to municipal conservatory 1918–1945. In: Manuel Gervink (Ed.): University of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden (1856–2006). Sandstein, Dresden 2005, ISBN 3-937602-57-7 , pp. 37-75, here: p. 41.
  4. ^ The Music of the Redeemer and Andrew Congregation 1880–1957. johannes-kantorei.webs.com, accessed: March 23, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cantor and organist
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberoderwitz
DATE OF DEATH 1958
Place of death Dresden