Carl Martin Reinthaler (13 October 1822 – 13 February 1896) was a German

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

, conductor and composer. Alternative spellings include Karl Martin Reinthaler and Carl Martin Rheinthaler.

Biography

Reinthaler was born in

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. He received his first music education from

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, an organist at

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. He studied

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, and then

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with

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, studying from 1849 to 1852 in

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and

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with a royal scholarship. He was associated with the

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, of which he was director, chorus master of the Singakademie Bremen, and

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organist since 1857. A friend of

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, with whom he corresponded, he was responsible for the Bremen performance of '' A German Requiem''. Reinthaler also conducted the premiere of the revised version of

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's first violin concerto in January 1868. In later years, Reinthaler required a wheel chair, which limited his appearances in public musical scenes. He died in Bremen.

Works

*''Jephtha und seine Tochter''.

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in two parts *''

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''.

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in four acts *

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works: **''Fünf Sprüche und ein Weihnachtslied'' op. 50. Bremen, Praeger & Meier **''Eile, Gott, mich zu erretten'' (

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) **''Frohlocket mit Händen, alle Völker'' (

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) op. 18, 2 **''Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele'' (

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) op.40 **''Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden'' (

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) **''Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich'' (

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) **''Wenn der Herr die Gefangenen Zions'' (

Psalm 126 Psalm 126 is the 126th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream". In Latin, it is known as ''In convertendo Dominus''. It is one o ...

) *Symphony, in D (opus 12)Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore. , page 367. Library of Congress via Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1912.

Recordings

* ''Das Käthchen von Heilbronn''. Richard Carlucci, Ilia Papandreou, Peter Schöne, Mate Solyom-Nagy, Marisca Mulder, Erfurt PO, Samuel Bächli cpo 2012 * ''Jephta und seine Tochter''. Sabine Ritterbusch, Konstanze Maxsein, Waltraud Hoffmann-Mucher, Jürgen Sacher, Richard Salter, Oliver Zwarg,

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, Kammer Sinfonie Bremen,

Wolfgang Helbich Wolfgang Helbich (8 April 1943 – 8 April 2013) was a German church musician, a choral conductor and academic. He was the founder of the Alsfelder Vokalensemble and served as their conductor for decades, a group that toured internationally and re ...

cpo 1997

References

Sources

* Carl Martin Reinthaler, in particular
this version
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Andreas Moser Andreas Moser (29 November 1859 – 7 October 1925) was a German musician, music pedagogue and musicologist. Early life and education Born in Zemun, Syrmia, Austrian Empire, Moser was the son of a winegrower and smoker from Upper Austria. As ...

(ed.) ''Johannes Brahms Briefwechsel'', zweiter Band, vol. vi, Berlin, 1912, *Oliver Schwarz-Roosmann: ''Carl Martin Reinthaler - Lebensweg eines Bremer Musikdirektors''. Verlag Lit, Münster, Hamburg, London 2003,

External links

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