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A biographical dictionary of musicians, 1900
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1winning the King's Scholarship in 1835 and 1837. Member of the R. A. M. He resided in London, highly esteemed as a concert-pianist and teacher.—Works: Numerous light pièces de genre f. pf.; songs and part-songs; the popular hymn "God bless the Prince of Wales" (1862); a symphony, 2 overtures, a concerto for pf. and orch.; and 2 marches f. military band, "Albert Edward," and "Carmarthen."
3Richault, Charles-Simon, b. Chartres, May 10, 1780; d. Paris, Feb. 20, 1866. In 1805 he founded the well-known music-publishing house, the first issues of which were Mozart's concertos, and Beethoven's symphonies, in score. His sons Guillaume-Simon (1806–1877) and Léon (1839–1895) carried on the business, publishing works by eminent French composers, and also excellent editions of German classics.
5Riche, Antoine le. See DIVITIS.
7Richée. See LESAGE DE RICHÉE.
9Richter, Alfred, son of E. Fr. Richter; b. Leipzig, Apr. 1, 1846. Teacher in the Cons., 1872–83; then lived in London, but returned to Leipzig in 1897.—Publ. an "Aufgabenbuch" (Engl. ed. as "Additional Exercises," publ. in New York) supplementary to his father's "Manual of Harmony"; a supplement to his father's "Manual of Counterpoint" (Engl. transl. New York); also "Das Klavierspiel für Musikstudierende" (Leipzig, 1898).
11Richter, Ernst Heinrich Leopold, b. Thiergarten, n. Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Nov. 15, 1805; d. Steinau-on-Oder, Apr. 24, 1876. Pupil of Hientzsch, Berner, and Siegert, at Breslau; and of Klein and Zelter at the R. Inst. for Church-music, Berlin. Instructor at the Teachers' Seminary in Breslau, 1827–47, also teaching in it after its removal to Steinau. A teacher of high reputation. He prod. a comic opera, Die Contrebande, at Breslau; also comp. a mass, motets, cantatas, part-songs for male chorus, songs (the "Schlesische Volkslieder" are op. 27), a symphony, organ-pieces, etc.
13Richter, Ernst Friedrich (Eduard), distinguished theorist and composer; b. Gross-Schönau, Saxony, Oct. 24, 1808; d. Leipzig, Apr. 9, 1879. Son of a school-master, and educated in the Zittau Gymnasium; matriculated 1831 as student of theology at Leipzig Univ., but gave his chief attention to musical study under Weinlig, and on the foundation of the Cons. (1843) became Hauptmann's coadjutor as teacher of harmony and composition; from 1843–7, cond. of the Singakademie as Pohlenz's successor; 1851, organist of the Petrikirche; 1862, of the Neukirche, going in a short time to the Nikolaikirche, and in 1868 succeeding Hauptmann as mus. dir. of the Nikolai- and Thomaskirche, and cantor of the last-named, with the title of "Professor"; later, the Univ. conferred on him the title (honorary) of "Univ. Mus. Dir."—He is best known by his eminently practical and very popular "Lehrbuch der Harmonie" (1853; about 20 subsequent German editions; best Engl. ed., "Manual of Harmony," is that by J. P. Morgan, New York; also in Swedish, Russian, Polish, Italian); its continuations are the "Lehrbuch des einfachen und doppelten Kontrapunkts" (1872; Engl. by J. P. Morgan, New York, "Manual of Simple and Double Counterpoint"); and "Lehrbuch der Fuge" (1859; also Engl.); all have run through several editions. R. was a skilful contrapuntist, and his vocal music, more especially the a cappella motets, psalms, etc., is pleasing; he also comp. an oratorio, Christus der Erlöser (1849), Schiller's "Dithyrambe" (Schiller Festival, Gewandhaus, 1859), masses, string-quartets, organ-music, violin-sonatas, pf.-sonatas, etc.
15Richter, Franz Xaver, b. Holleschau, Moravia, Dec. 1, 1709; d. Sept. 12, 1789, as Kapellm. (since 1747) of Strassburg Cath., Pleyel having been his assistant since 1783.—Works: Fine church-music (7 masses, motets, a Te Deum, etc., in MS. at St.-Dié Cath.); 26 symphonies (6 publ.), 6 string-quartets, 3 trios; in MS. an "Harmonische Belehrung . . . .", transl. in 1804 by Kalkbrenner as "Traité d'harmonie et de composition."
17Richter, Hans, celebrated conductor; b. Raab, Hungary, Apr. 4, 1843. In 1853, choirboy in the Court Chapel, Vienna; from 1860–5 he studied composition under Sechter, piano-playing, and the French horn, at the Cons. From 1866–7 in Lucerne (Triebschen) with Wagner, making for him a fair copy of the Meistersinger score, and recommended by him for the position of chorusmaster at the Munich Opera (Dec., 1867); from Aug. 25, 1868, to Sept. 1, 1869, court cond. under v. Bülow. Conducted rehearsals and initial performance of Lohengrin at Brussels, 1870; after ten months more at Triebschen he was app. Kapellm. at the Pesth National Th. 1871–5, then succeeding Dessoff as Kapellm. at the Imperial Opera, Vienna, becoming 1st Kapellm. on Hellmesberger's death in 1893. Since 1875 he has also cond. the concerts of the "Gesell-
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