Anton Reicha
Anton Reicha (also Antonin Rejcha), * 26. February. 1770 in Prague, + 28. May 1836 in Paris. The father of Anton Reichs, a baker, died when his son was not a year old yet. The boy went 1781 after embankment first one to his uncle Joseph Reicha, this one, himself childlessly marries, his nephew adopted.
At him Anton who could speak only Czech till now won a general education, learned flute, violin and the piano German, French and educated with enthusiasm. The uncle far informed him is unknown how. Anton entered the chapel of the Elector Maximilian of Cologne with him in Bonn together. He becomes 1790 here as Geiger in which Cologne national theatre as a flautist mentions. He made friends with Beethoven in the chapel.
Reicha got to know works of the Mannheim school and the Viennese classical music, primarily however French operas, in the band. His preference also grew for wind instruments here.
1790 made Reicha to themselves confessed with Joseph Haydn who touched on his first journey to London Bonn. A French revolution was resolved, the band after the outbreak Antonín Reicha left its uncle Joseph and 1794 went to Hamburg since this one. He taught privately here.Reicha moved 1799 to Paris. The flourishing music life and the liberal conditions practised a strong appeal the French capital on him
from. He left the town in winter 1801/02 and went to Vienna. Furthermore his compositional education he friendly of Haydn receives, completed here at it with Albrechtsberger and Salieri. In addition, he re-established his friendly relations to Beethoven.
The brilliant offer of the conductor office with the prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia declined Reicha. As a composition teacher he enjoyed the broadest recognition. It moved definitely to Paris in October 1808, but its operas found only little echo notwithstanding all efforts. Against this the instrumental works, primarily the wind quintets, had durable success, and as a teacher it reached a high reputation.
A chair which it began on January 1st, 1818 was set up at the Parisian Conservatoire for it. Together with Cherubini, Paër, Lesueur, Berton,
It was a member of the Comité d'enseignement Boieldieu. Apart from its compositions its theoretical documents also reached the pressure.
Reicha married a Frenchwoman 1819, 1829 he was granted the French citizenship. For its contributions to the music it became 1831 knights of the legion of honour and on March 23rd, 1835 as a successor a Boieldieus member of the Institut de France. Soon to that it fell ill and died. Adam, Onslow, Liszt, Berlioz, Dancla, G. Franck, J. G. Kästner belonged to its pupils and a ..
These 24 trios for three horns op.82 were published in 1815 in Paris. The publisher Pleyel/Schlesinger edited the work in four volumes (Livraison) each 6 trios. Reicha was certainly asked for this composition by the horn player Louis François Dauprat (1781 -1868). Reicha had already known trios for three horns. At the Wallerstein Court, the horn player Zwierzina had composed 43 trios (ROM 100). In Paris 24 trios by Kenn had been published in 1797. Kenn’s horn student Louis François Dauprat added 12 trios to this volume (36 trios ROM 88). The same effects as in the 36 trios can be found in the 24 trios op.82 by Reicha, which mean artificially higher tones in the third horn part played open (ouvert). This work shows impressively the virtuosity of the natural horn players at the beginning of the 19th century in Paris.
