Peter Ritter

Johann Peter Ritter (2 July 1763 - 1 August 1846) was a German composer, conductor, , and cellist born and died in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany). He is best known in the United States for "" and "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name."

Peter Ritter was son of the oboist and the nephew of the bassoonist . He was a student of Abbé Vogler, who also taught Giacomo Meyerbeer and Carl Maria von Weber. He played cello in the orchestra of the Mannheim National Theatre beginning in 1786 and became one of its concertmasters in 1801. From 1803 to 1823 he worked as its conductor. His successor was the Antonio Salieri student, Michael Frey.

In addition to more than 20 stage works, including Die lustige Weiber, one of the earliest known operas after William Shakespeare and one of ten operatic adaptations of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Ritter also composed church music and various instrumental works. His brother, , became known as a violinist, his, son , was a singer.

Works[]

• Der Eremit auf Formentera (Libretto: August von Kotzebue), komische Oper, 1788
• Der Sklavenhändler (Libretto: Christian Friedrich Schwan), Singspiel, 1790
• Die Weihe (Libretto: ), musikalisches Schauspiel, 1792
• Die lustigen Weiber (Libretto: Georg Christian Römer after Shakespeare), Singspiel, 1794
• Dilara oder Die schwarze Zauberinsel (Libretto: Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg after Carlo Gozzi), Singspiel, 1798
• Das Fest in Apollons Haine (Libretto: Georg Christian Römer), Festspiel zu Ehren des schwedischen Königspaares, 1803
• Das neue Jahr (Neujahr) in Famagusta (after Clemens Brentano, Die lustigen Musikanten), Singspiel, 1804
• Das Fest am Rheine (Libretto: Siegfried August Mahlmann), 1806
• Salomon's Urtheil (Libretto: Georg Christian Römer), Oper, 1808
• Das Fest im Olymp, musikalischer Prolog zum Namenstag der Großherzogin , 1808
• Der Zitherschläger (Libretto: ), Singspiel, 1810
• Das Tal von Barzelonetta oder Die beiden Eremiten, Singspiel, 1811
• Feodore (Libretto: August von Kotzebue), Singspiel, 1811
• (Libretto: Georg Christian Römer after Pietro Metastasio), Oper, 1811
• Die Jubelfeier (Libretto: ), musikalisches Drama, 1816
• Leonore oder Das Geistergericht (after Gottfried August Bürger), Ballade, 1815
• Der Schutzgeist (Libretto: August von Kotzebue), dramatische Legende, 1816
• Alfred (Libretto: August von Kotzebue), Oper, 1820
• Der Mandarin oder Die gefoppten Chinesen (Libretto von ), komisches Singspiel, 1821
• Hoang-Puff oder Das dreifache Horoskop (Libretto: ), Singspiel, 1822
• Bianca (Libretto: ), Oper, 1825
• Der Talisman, Singspiel, 1825
• Das Grubenlicht (Libretto: ), romantische Oper, 1833

External links[]

• Works by and about Peter Ritter in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
• Peter Ritter im (BMLO)
• Liste der Bühnenwerke von Peter Ritter auf Basis der MGG bei Operone
• Musikalische Akademie des National-Orchesters Mannheim - Geschichte
• Oxford Grove Music Encyclopedia: Peter Ritter
• Peter Ritter at American Directory of Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/41312/Ritter_Peter_composer

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