Carl Martin Reinthaler

Bust by Diedrich Samuel Kropp, 1902

Carl Martin Reinthaler (13 October 1822 – 13 February 1896) was a German organist, conductor and composer.

Alternative spellings include Karl Martin Reinthaler and Carl Martin Rheinthaler.

Biography[]

Reinthaler was born in Erfurt. He received his first music education from August Gottfried Ritter, an organist at Magdeburg Cathedral.^[1] He studied theology, and then music with Adolf Bernhard Marx, studying from 1849 to 1852 in Paris and Rome with a royal scholarship.

He was associated with the Bremen Cathedral, of which he was director, chorus master of the , and cathedral organist since 1857. A friend of Johannes Brahms, with whom he corresponded, he was responsible for the Bremen performance of A German Requiem. Reinthaler also conducted the premiere of the revised version of Max Bruch's first violin concerto in January 1868.

In later years, Reinthaler required a wheel chair, which limited his appearances in public musical scenes. He died in Bremen.

Works[]

• Jephtha und seine Tochter. Oratorio in two parts
• Das Käthchen von Heilbronn. Opera in four acts
• Choral works:
  • Fünf Sprüche und ein Weihnachtslied op. 50. Bremen, Praeger & Meier
  • Eile, Gott, mich zu erretten (Psalm 70)
  • Frohlocket mit Händen, alle Völker (Psalm 47) op. 18, 2
  • Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Psalm 103) op.40
  • Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (Psalm 117)
  • Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich (Psalm 42)
  • Wenn der Herr die Gefangenen Zions (Psalm 126)
• Symphony, in D (opus 12)^[2]

Recordings[]

• Das Käthchen von Heilbronn. Richard Carlucci, Ilia Papandreou, Peter Schöne, Mate Solyom-Nagy, Marisca Mulder, Erfurt PO, Samuel Bächli cpo 2012
• Jephta und seine Tochter. Sabine Ritterbusch, Konstanze Maxsein, Waltraud Hoffmann-Mucher, Jürgen Sacher, Richard Salter, Oliver Zwarg, Bremer Domchor, Kammer Sinfonie Bremen, Wolfgang Helbich cpo 1997

References[]

Sources[]

• Carl Martin Reinthaler, in particular this version
• Andreas Moser (ed.) Johannes Brahms Briefwechsel, zweiter Band, vol. vi, Berlin, 1912, p. 49
• Oliver Schwarz-Roosmann: Carl Martin Reinthaler - Lebensweg eines Bremer Musikdirektors. Verlag Lit, Münster, Hamburg, London 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6813-3

External links[]

• Free scores by Carl Martin Reinthaler at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Werke von und über Carl Martin Reinthaler in the German National Library catalogue
• Information about Reinthaler^{[dead link]}
• About Brahms, see note 16.
• Interesting bit about Ein deutsches Requiem

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