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Born: August 1, 1850 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: April 16, 1931 - Leipzig, Saxony, Germany |
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The German church musician, Bernhard Friedrich Richter, was born in Leipzig, the son of the musician Ernst Friedrich Richter and the brother of the composer Alfred Richter. He received first organ lessons from his father, and attended then the Thomasschule. In 1876, he was appointed organist at the Jakobskirche in Leipzig. He also worked, from 1890, as church musician at the Lutherkirche, and as voice teacher at the Thomasschule. After the death of Thomaskantor Wilhelm Rust in 1892, he held the position interim Thomaskantor in 1892-1893, until Gustav Ernst Schreck was elected the following year.
Bernhard Friedrich Richter was promoted to Kirchenmusikdirektor in 1908, and to Royal Professor in 1917. He was also a Bach scholar, known for publications focused on the life and work of J.S. Bach. He died in Leipzig at age 80. |
