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Mut Sorglos Überdie Fläche Weg by Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Artist Biography For Johann Friedrich Reichardt

Johann Friedrich Reichardt November 25 1752 – June 27 1814 Was A German Composer Writer And Music Critic. Reichardt Was Born In Königsberg East Prussia To Lutenist And Stadtmusiker Johann Reichardt 1720–1780 . Johann Friedrich Began His Musical Training In Violin Keyboard And Lute As A Child. He Was A Student Of Timofey Belogradsky Who In Turn Was A Student Of Sylvius Leopold Weiss. When Reichardt Was Ten Years Old His Father Took The Choir In Which He Sang The "Wunderknaben" On A Concert Tour In East Prussia. After Being Encouraged By Immanuel Kant Reichardt Later Studied Jurisprudence And Philosophy In His Hometown And In Leipzig From 1769 To 1771. In 1771 He Escaped Civil Service By Embarking On A Sturm-Und-Drang Tour As A Virtuoso. He Returned To Königsberg In 1774 And Became The Kammersekretär Chamber Secretary In Ragnit. After Reichardt Sent His Opera Le Feste Galanti As A Sample Piece To Friedrich II He Was Appointed To The Position Of The Royal Prussian Court Kapellmeister A Position Previously Held By Carl Heinrich Graun. Two Years Later He Already Withdrew From The Job And Married The Singer Pianist And Lieder Composer Juliane Benda A Daughter Of Georg Anton Benda. Of Their Progeny Was One Daughter Louise Reichardt April 11 1779 Berlin – November 17 1826 Hamburg Who Became A Noted Songwriter And A Son Wilhelm 1777–1782 . On The Return From His First Trip To Italy In 1783 Reichardt Stopped In Vienna Where He Met Kaiser Joseph II And Christoph Willibald Gluck. Further Musical Trips To France And England Did Not Produce Anticipated Success He Therefore Returned Unwillingly To Berlin. In 1786 He Developed Close Friendships With Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Johann Gottfried Herder Friedrich Schiller And Johann Georg Hamann. Further Attempts To Gain New Ground In Paris Failed Yet He Had Become Zealous With Revolutionary Ideas. After The Appearance Of His Vertrauten Briefe Intimate Letters In 1792 He Was Released In 1794 Without Pay From His Position As Court Kapellmeister For Being Sympathetic To The French Revolution. He Lived First In Hamburg Where He Released The Journal Frankreich But From 1794 He Lived In Giebichenstein Near Halle. In 1796 He Was Pardoned For His Support Of The Revolution And Appointed To The Post Of The Director Of The Saline Salt Mine In Halle. From There He Often Traveled To Berlin To Lead The Premieres Of His Compositions. Another Trip To Paris In 1802 Lessened His Fascination For The French And French Politics Considerably He Became An Opponent Of Napoleon. Four Years Later When His Manor Was Plundered By French Troops He Fled To Danzig Where He Was Active As A Patriot And Freedom Fighter. Napoleon's Brother Jérôme Located In Kassel Allowed Reichardt To Return And Named Him To Theater Director In 1807. This Lasted Only Nine Months. In November 1809 He Traveled To Vienna Looking For Success. After Experiencing The Music Of Haydn Mozart And Beethoven He Became Receptive To The Viennese Classic Although He Was Too Late. However He Soon Returned To Giebichenstein Where He Died Alone From A Gastric Illness. His Stage Works Were Quickly Forgotten After His Death But His Strophic Lieder And Ballads Im Volkston In Folk Style Enjoyed Considerable Popularity Throughout The 19th Century Aided By The Wandervogel Movement.