Anton Reicha (Composer)
Born: 26th February 1770, Prague, Czechia
Died: 28th May 1836, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Beethoven, he is now best remembered for his substantial early contributions to the wind quintet literature and his role as teacher of pupils including Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz and César Franck. He was also an accomplished theorist, and wrote several treatises on various aspects of composition. Some of his theoretical work dealt with experimental methods of composition, which he applied in a variety of works such as fugues and études for piano and string quartet.
None of the advanced ideas he advocated in the most radical of his music and writings, such as polyrhythm, polytonality and microtonal music, were accepted or employed by other nineteenth-century composers.
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- 18 Variations and a Fantasia on Mozart’s theme “Se vuol ballare” for flute, violin & cello in G, Op. 51 (2)
- Adagio for Cor Anglais & Wind Quartet in D minor (5)
- Étude, Op. 97 No. 1 (2)
- Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 103 (2)
- Grande Sonate in C major (2)
- L'art de varier, Op. 57 (3)
- Piano Sonata in F major ‘Sur la Flûte Enchantée’ (2)
- Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 101 No. 2 (2)
- Practische Beispiele No. 20 'Harmonie' (2)
- Practische Beispiele No. 4 'Fantaisie sur un seul accord' (2)
- Quintet for Bassoon & String Quartet in B flat major (4)
- Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 89 (4)
- Quintet for Horn & String Quartet in E major, Op. 106 (2)
- Quintet for Oboe & String Quartet in F major, Op. 107 (4)
- Symphony in E flat major (3)
- Variations for Bassoon & String Quartet (3)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 1 in E minor (5)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2 in E flat major (11)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 3 in G major (6)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 4 in D minor (6)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 5 in B flat major (6)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 88 No. 6 in F major (5)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 91 No. 1 in C major (5)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 91 No. 2 in A minor (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 91 No. 3 in D major (7)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 91 No. 4 in G minor (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 91 No. 5 in A major (6)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 91 No. 6 in C major (5)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 99 No. 1 in C major (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 99 No. 2 in F minor (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 99 No. 3 in A major (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 99 No. 4 in D major (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 99 No. 5 in B minor (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 99 No. 6 in G major (5)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 100 No. 1 in F major (4)
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- Wind Quintet, Op. 100 No. 3 in E flat major (4)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 100 No. 4 in E minor (5)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 100 No. 5 in A minor (5)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 100 No. 6 in B flat major (5)
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