Augustin Reinhard Stricker

Augustin Reinhard Stricker (c. 1675 – between 1718 and 1723) was a German baroque composer, conductor and tenor singer. He was Johann Sebastian Bach's predecessor as Kapellmeister (music director) at the court of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen and the dedicatee of Johann Mattheson's 1717 treatise Das beschützte Orchestre.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Owens, Samantha; Reul, Barbara M.; Stockigt, Janice B. (eds.) (2011). Music at German Courts, 1715-1760: Changing Artistic Priorities. pp. 80-81. Boydell Press
  2. ↑ Killy, Walther (ed.) (2005). Dictionary of German Biography, Vol. 9, p. 604. Walter de Gruyter