ERNST

See also:

• FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

FRIEDRICH EDUARD

See also:

• RICHTER, ADRIAN LUDWIG (1803-1884)
• ERNST FRIEDRICH EDUARD RICHTER (1808–1879)
• RICHTER, EUGEN (1839–1906)
• RICHTER, HANS (1843– )
• RICHTER, JEREMIAS BENJAMIN (1762–1807)
• RICHTER, JOHANN PAUL FRIEDRICH (1763–1825)

RICHTER (1808–1879)  , German musical theorist, was born at Grosschonau in Saxony, on the 24th of October 18o8 . He first studied music at Zittau, and afterwards at Leipzig, where he attained so high a reputation that in 1843 he was appointed professor of harmony and counter-point at the conservatorium of music, then newly founded by Mendelssohn . On the death of Hauptmann on the 3rd of January r868, he was elected cantor of the Thomasschule, which office he retained until his death on the 9th of April 1899 . He is best known by three theoretical works—Lehrbuch der Harmonie, Lehre vom Contrapunct and Lehre von der Fugevaluable textbooks known to English students through the excellent translation by Franklin Taylor .