Reinecke, Carl Heinrich Carsten R Composers Composition

Reinecke, Carl Heinrich Carsten R Composers Composition

Reinecke, Carl Heinrich Carsten

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824-1910) was born in Altona, which was then part of Denmark. His compositional career was mainly in Germany. While he composed some 300 pieces, his name has faded and he may be better known for championing Mozart and Beethoven and for the books he wrote about them. He was a teacher of Isaac Albeniz, Leos Janácek, Christian Sinding, Frederick Delius, Max Bruch, Edvard Grieg, and others and a close friend of Niels Wilhelm Gade. He knew and associated with many of the Romantic Period's brightest stars, playing their music as well as his own. A book he wrote in 1900 involved recollections of many of these: Liszt, Ernst, Schumann, Jenny Lind, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Ferdinand Thieriot, Brahms and Mendelssohn. He died in Leipzig, working until the end of his days.

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See Also:

- Classical Composers Database entry with biography and relationship to Brahms, Schumann, and Mendelssohn. Includes comments on his music and links.
- Brief biography, comments on selected works, formative influences, and Naxos/HNH discography
- Karadar dictionary entry with life, related composers, MIDI audio sample, illustrations, and text of a Robert Reinick lied for which he wrote the music.
- Music files offered in MIDI format.

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