Carl Martin Reinthaler

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

Alternative spellings include Karl Martin Reinthaler and Carl Martin Rheinthaler.

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 A German Requiem.

Reinthaler also conducted the premiere of the revised version of Max Bruch's first violin concerto in January 1868.

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)
Symphony, in D (opus 12)^[1]

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, Bremer Domchor, Kammer Sinfonie Bremen, Wolfgang Helbich CPO 1997

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

External links

Information about Reinthaler
About Brahms, see note 16.
Interesting bit about Ein deutsches Requiem

References

↑ Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore. Orchestral music (Class M1000-1268) catalogue: Scores at Google Books, page 367. Library of Congress via Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1912.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 49976486 LCCN: n87122600 GND: 116428473 SUDOC: 161429904

Persondata
Name	Reinthaler, Carl Martin
Alternative names	Reinthalerm, Karl Martin; Rheinthaler, Carl Martin
Short description	German conductor
Date of birth	13 October 1822
Place of birth	Erfurt, Germany
Date of death	13 February 1896
Place of death	Bremen, Germany

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