Carl Martin Reinthaler

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Carl Martin Reinthaler (October 13, 1822 - February 13, 1896) was a German organist, conductor and composer.

Alternative spellings include Karl Martin Reinthaler and Carl Martin Rheinthaler.


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[edit] Biography

Reinthaler was born in Erfurt and died in Bremen. He studied theology, and then music with Adolf Bernhard Marx, studying from 1849 to 1852 in Paris and Rome with a royal scholarship.

He was associated with the Bremen Cathedral, of which he was director, chorus master of the Singakademie Bremen, and cathedral organist since 1857. A friend of Johannes Brahms, with whom he corresponded, he was responsible for the Bremen performance of Ein deutsches Requiem.

Reinthaler also conducted the premiere of Max Bruch's first violin concerto.

[edit] Works

  • Jephtha und seine Tochter. Oratorio in two parts
  • Das Käthchen von Heilbronn. Opera in four acts
  • Choral works:
    • Fünf Sprüche und ein Weihnachtslied op. 50. Bremen, Praeger & Meier
    • Eile, Gott, mich zu erretten (Psalm 70)
    • Frohlocket mit Händen, alle Völker (Psalm 47) op. 18, 2
    • Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Psalm 103) op.40
    • Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Psalm 117)
    • Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich (Psalm 42)
    • Wenn der Herr die Gefangenen Zions (Psalm 126)

[edit] Sources

  • German wikipedia article, in particular this version
  • Andreas Moser (ed.) Johannes Brahms Briefwechsel, zweiter Band, vol. vi, Berlin, 1912, p. 49
  • Oliver Schwarz-Roosmann: Carl Martin Reinthaler - Lebensweg eines Bremer Musikdirektors. Verlag Lit, Münster, Hamburg, London 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6813-3

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