Theodor Christlieb Reinhold

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Theodor Christlieb Reinhold(t) (September 13, 1682, Eppendorf -March 24, 1755, Dresden) was a German organist and composer. He came from an old family of clergy, and was registered in the third class of the Dresden Kreuzschule on May 20, 1694. In 1706 he became organist of the Dresden Annenkirche and ‘schoolmaster of the girls at Wilssdorf gate’. He was Kantor of the Dreikönigskirche from 1707 until 1720 when he was appointed Kantor of the Kreuzkirche, a post he held until his death. In the same year Reinhold also took over direction of music at the Sophienkirche, Dresden’s civic church, and was appointed fifth teacher at the Kreuzschule. As a result of his promotion to fourth teacher at the Kreuzschule on April 28, 1725 Reinhold took charge of sacred music at the new Frauenkirche, writing cantatas to mark the laying of the foundation stone of the church (1726) and its consecration (1734); like most of his works, they are now lost. In 1741 he took over the direction of a newly founded collegium musicum, mainly for the performance of cantatas and serenades; he had earlier been concerned with a collegium musicum connected with the Kreuzkirche. He was promoted to third teacher at the Kreuzschule on May 5, 1752. His successor was J.S. Bach’s pupil Gottfried August Homilius. Theodor Christlieb Reinhold was Kantor of the Dresden Kreuzkirche at the time that J.S. Bach was Kantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Reinhold’s choir comprised 34 pupils and at least 22 ‘Kurrendaner’ (m

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