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Anton Reicha
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Anton (or Antonin or Antoine) Reicha (or Rejcha) (February 26, 1770 – May 28, 1836) was a Czech-born naturalized French composer, a flautist in his youth, and an influential theorist. He is best known today for his substantial early contribution to the wind quintet literature, as well as early experiments with irregular time signatures. Reicha was born in Prague in 1770. He received early musical training from his uncle, Josef Reicha, a virtuoso cellist[1]. Reicha moved with his family to Bonn in 1785, where he played the flute under the direction of his uncle in the Hofkapelle along with the young violist Ludwig van Beethoven, who became a lifelong friend. After five years in Hamburg and two in Paris, Reicha moved to Vienna in 1801, where he befriended Haydn, renewed his friendship with Beethoven, and took lessons from the outstanding Viennese theorists, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri. Reicha settled permanently in Paris in 1808 and was appointed in 1818 professor of counterpoint and fugue at the Paris Conservatoire. Many of the first-rank French composers of the Romantic generation studied under Reicha, most notably Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Charles Gounod and, briefly, César Franck. His influence was transmitted at second-hand as well, through his published treatises, especially the Traité de haute composition musicale. Reicha died in Paris in 1836. Reicha is best known today for his substantial contribution to the early wind quintet literature, twe
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Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 12, Air. Lento
1092Wind Quintet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 91: II. Adagio
633Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2: II. Menuetto
174Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2: IV. Finale
175Allegro
156Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 1, Introduction. Poco Andante
157Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2: III. Poco andante. Grazioso
158Quintet, Op. 88 No. 2: I. Lento – Allegro moderato
159Adagio
1310Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op. 91, No. 2: II. Andante
13albums
Reicha Rediscovered, Vol. 2
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Chamber Chill - The Most Relaxing Chamber Music
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Reicha: 36 Fugues, Op. 36 for Piano
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Reicha: Wind Quintet in A minor, Op. 91, No. 2 - Andante Nos. 1 and 2 - Adagio in D minor
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Study 4 Success
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Reicha: Rediscovered, Vol. 3
24 Trios for three horns op. 82
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Reicha: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2
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Reicha: Wind Quintets, Op. 91, No. 6 and Op. 88, No. 6
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Trio for 3 Violoncellos in E flat major
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Reicha: Variations - Bassoon Quintet in B flat major
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Reicha: Complete Wind Quintets, Vol. 1