HANS See also:

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

RICHTER (1843– )  , Hungarian musical conductor, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Raab on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1843, was the son of the kapellmeister at the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, and of his wife, nee See also:

• JOSEPHINE (MARIE ROSE JOSEPHINE TASCHER DE LA PAGERIE) (1763–1814)

Josephine Csazinsky, who was the first to perform See also:

• VENUS

Venus in See also:

• TANNHAUSER, or TANHUSER

Tannhauser at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Hans sang either See also:

• SOPRANO (a variant of Ital. sovrano, supreme, sovereign, Late Lat. superanus, from super, above)

soprano or See also:

• ALTO (Ital. for " high ")

alto. in the cathedral See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir, according to requirement, and occasionally played the See also:

• ORGAN

organ . But his public debut was made as a drummer in See also:

• HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (1732–1809)

Haydn's Paukenmesse . In 1853, at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of ten, he appeared in a See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert as pianist in See also:

• HUMMEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK (1778-1837)

Hummel's E See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat quintet; and in 1854, after his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death, went to the choristers' school, the Convikt (where See also:

• SCHUBERT, FRANZ PETER (1797-1828)

Schubert was educated) in Vienna, and there became chorister in the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court See also:

• CHAPEL

Chapel . For five years from 186o See also:

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

Richter studied under Heissler and Sechter in the Vienna Conservatorium, and he learnt the See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn under Kleinecke . A See also:

• YEAR

year and a See also:

• HALF

half after his first See also:

• LESSON (through Fr. lecon from Lat. lectio, reading; legere, to read)

lesson he became hornist in the old Karnthnerther See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre at £3 a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month . Meanwhile he had devoted See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to conducting . It was not till See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1868 that Richter made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as a conductor, at the See also:

• HOF

Hof Theater, See also:

• MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich (where he had just been appointed), in See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Tell; but in the next year he resigned this See also:

• POST

post, went first to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, then to See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, and finally to Triebschen, where he copied Der See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

Ring See also:

• DES

des Nibelungen for See also:

• WAGNER, ADOLF (1835- )
• WAGNER, RUDOLPH (1805-1864)
• WAGNER, WILHELM RICHARD (1813-1883)

Wagner . In April 1871 Richter took up his new duties as conductor of the Hungarian See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera at See also:

• BUDAPEST

Budapest, where he remained four years, until he began in May 1875 his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long connexion with the Vienna Opera, which terminated only with the See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In 1876 . Richter After his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's death he went in 1797 to See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, and in the following year to See also:

• WEIMAR

Weimar, where he had much pleasant intercourse with See also:

• HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744-1803)

Herder, by whom he was warmly appreciated . He did not become intimate with See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe and See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller, to both of whom his See also:

• LITERARY

literary methods were repugnant; but in Weimar, as elsewhere, his remarkable conversational See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers and his genial See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners made him a favourite in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general society .

In 18or he married See also:

• CAROLINE
• CAROLINE (1683-1737)

Caroline See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, whom he met in See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin in 1800 . They lived first at See also:

• MEININGEN

Meiningen, then at See also:

• COBURG

Coburg; and filially, in 1804, they settled at See also:

• BAYREUTH, or BAIREUTH

Bayreuth . Here Richter spent a quiet; See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and happy See also:

• LIFE

life, constantly occupied with his See also:

• WORK

work as a writer . In 18o8 he was fortunately delivered from anxibty as to outward necessities by the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince-See also:

• PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

primate, K . T. von See also:

• DALBERG

Dalberg, who gave him a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of a thousand florins . Before settling at Bayreuth, Richter had published his most ambitious novel, Titan (1800–3); and this was followed by Flegeljahre (1804-5), two See also:

• WORKS

works which he himself regarded as his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-pieces . His later imaginative works were 'Dr Katzenbergers Badereise (18o9), Des Feldpredigers Schmelzle Reise nach Fldtz (1809), Leben Fibels (1812), and Der Komet, See also:

• ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder Nikolaus See also:

• MARGGRAF, ANDREAS SIGISMUND (1709-1782)

Marggraf (1820-22) . In Vorschule der Aesthetik (1804) h'e expounded his ideas on See also:

• ART

art; he discussed the principles of See also:

• EDUCATION

education in Levana, oder Erziehungslehre (1807); and the opinions suggested by current events he set forth in Friedenspredigt (1808), Ddmmerungen See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur Deutschland (1809), See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars and Phobus Thronwechsel See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Jahre 1814 (2814), andPolitische Fastenpredigten (1817) . In his last years he began Wahrheit aus See also:

• JEAN

Jean Pauls Leben; to which additions from his papers and other See also:

• SOURCES

sources were made after his death by C . See also:

• OTTO

Otto and E . See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster . In 1821 Richter lost his only son, a youth of the highest promise; and he never quite recovered from this See also:

• SHOCK, or COLLAPSE

shock .

He died of See also:

• DROPSY (contracted from the old word hydropisy, derived from the Gr. 154w¢; i Swp, water, and appearance)

dropsy; at Bayreuth, on the 14th See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November directed the rehearsals and performances of Der Ring at Bayreuth; and in 1877 paid his first visit to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to conduct the Wagner Festival at the See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall . There in 1879 he founded the Richter Concerts, which were a See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

revelation to See also:

• LONDON

London 'musical circles of the masterly See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality of the conductor, and his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence upon the See also:

• ORCHESTRA (Fr. Orchestre; Ger. Kapelle, Orchester; Ital. Orchestra)

orchestra; in 1885 he became conductor of the See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham' Triennial Festival, . and was created See also:

• MUS

Mus . Doc . Oxon. honoris causa . In 1882 Richter also conducted a famous See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of performances of Wagner'.s works (including the first in England of See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die See also:

• MEISTERSINGER (Ger. for " master-singer ")

Meistersinger and See also:

• TRISTAN
• TRISTAN, or TRISTRAM

Tristan) at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, and in r9oo became conductor of the See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle Orchestra in See also:

• MANCHESTER
• MANCHESTER (popularly Manchester-by-the-Sea)
• MANCHESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Manchester . He had established his position as one of the most richly gifted and the most experienced of See also:

• MODERN

modern conductors, supreme in the See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of See also:

• BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827)

Beethoven, Wagner and See also:

• BRAHMS, JOHANNES (1833–1897)

Brahms .