February 26 - Anton Reicha (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for February 26th are here: Frank Bridge (2020), Fats Domino; Betty Hutton (2021), and Franz Strauss; Johnny Cash (2022)

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Anton Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalized French composer and music theorist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legacy

The fame that Anton Reicha gets

Is for his fugues and wind quintets,

But ponder this before we close,

He mentored Liszt and Berlioz,

And Cesar Franck, Pauline Viardot,

Louise Farrenc, and Charles Gounod.

 

 

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